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Syrian War, Rumbling into 10th Year, Still has Global Impact

Associated Press

   BEIRUT - In a world gripped by a pandemic, global unrest and a
   fast-moving news cycle, it can be difficult to remember that the war in
   Syria is still happening.

   Even before the coronavirus outbreak took over daily lives around the
   globe, the conflict, which began in early 2011, had largely fallen off
   the world's collective radars-- reduced to a never-ending fight
   involving an ever-more complex web of players and refugees that few
   remember once lived in a country they called home.

   But as it enters its tenth year, the war-- which gave rise to the
   Islamic State group and triggered the worst humanitarian catastrophe of
   the 21st century-- has shown it is still creating new tragedies that
   can have an outsized impact on global politics.

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