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World update: August 23 2019

Stories from Iran, Kashmir, and more

Derek Davison
Aug 24, 2019
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MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

The Syrian military reportedly took control of the remaining rebel pocket in northern Hama province on Friday. They had surrounded an area containing several rebel-controlled towns and villages in northern Hama when they seized the town of Khan Shaykhun in southern Idlib province earlier this week. The rebel forces in northern Hama mostl…

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