Cuts to American aid have compromised efforts to repatriate people at desert camps in Syria and Iraq for former Islamic State members and their families, according to a report to Congress.
Amid sectarian clashes that killed seven men in Jaramana, tense residents say the government isn’t doing enough to protect them, and are organizing to guard the city.
During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments reduced to rubble.
The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.