What would it mean to classify Mexican drug cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations"? NPR speaks with Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA.

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been destroying large shipments of Captagon, an addictive drug that was mass produced by the ousted Assad regime.

Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police Middle Eastcategory· January 23, 2025 The Syrian central bank has ordered commercial banks to unfreeze accounts except ...

As mentioned above, Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS’s precursor organization, was formed in Syria in 2011 as al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the opposition to the Assad regime. Nusra’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani ...

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Salem residents are rallying against a rezoning proposal for the historic HopeTree property, citing concerns over transparency, neighborhood impact, and rushed decision-making.

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Democrats had, until recently, controlled the entire state government. After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence ...