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The U.N. says Syrians can keep getting international aid from Turkey — for now. Here’s what’s at stake.
Syrian activists have built humanitarian aid groups and a nascent civil society in rebel-held areas — which puts them in danger if the Syrian government retakes that territory.
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Elections can be a dictator’s way of saying who’s in charge
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