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58 minutes ago Tiger and Charlie Woods make PNC Championship charge in bid to win first title together

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59 minutes ago Giovanni Pernice says he is 'back' after 'a difficult year' as he thanks UK and Irish fans for their support after winning Italian version of Strictly

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80 minutes ago Christians in Aleppo are celebrating Christmas – but fear for their future

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91 minutes ago WASPI women flock to Nigel Farage's Reform UK after Labour 'betrayal' on compensation

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1 hour ago Succession star pleads with Keir Starmer 'pick up the phone and bring Brit dad home'

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2 hours ago Lucy Letby's Christmas behind bars as inquiry into her murders resumes after New Year

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2 hours ago Katy Perry makes cheeky reference to husband Orlando Bloom as she stops concert to tuck into classic British dish

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2 hours ago Syria has been liberated from Russia and Iran – but outsiders still threaten its new freedom | Robin Yassin

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the westRobin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and English editor of the Isis Prisons MuseumThe liberation of Syria was long hoped for, but unexpected. Over the past weeks, Syrians have experienced the full range of human emotions, with the exception of boredom. On the first two Assad-free Fridays, millions of celebrants swelled the streets to chant and sing and speak formerly forbidden truths. There was a huge presence of women, who had been less visible during the years of war. Relatives are meeting again and assuaging their pain as hundreds of thousands return from the camps of exile.At the same time, millions are having to accept at last that their loved ones have been tortured to death. It now appears that most of the 130,000 lost in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons (a bare minimum figure) are dead. Dozens of mass graves have already be...

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