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# Syrian Civil War

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* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 23, 2016  
## [J.K. Rowling Grants Young Syrian Girl’s Wish and Sends Her a _Harry Potter_ Book](https://time.com/4581632/jk-rowling-harry-potter-book-syria/)  
by Suyin Haynes
* ![ISTANBUL, TURKEY- OCTOBER 10: \(RUSSIA OUT\) Russian President Vladimir Putin \(L\) listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan \(R\) during the 23rg World Energy Congress, in Istanbul,Turkey, on October, 10, 2016. Putin is on a one-day visit to Turkey. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8562c7037d7fcd54/6988a97c5f570f468fb22d71/gettyimages-613738944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 10, 2016  
## [Putin and Erdogan Bury the Hatchet in Istanbul Meeting](https://time.com/4525667/vladimir-putin-recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey-meeting/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jared Malsin
* ![Russian long range bomber Tu-22M3 flies during an air strike over Aleppo region of Syria on Aug. 16, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4993f1828d7b7180/6988a294cd1bbac4da701fde/iran-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 16, 2016  
## [Russia and Iran Fly Across a Key Threshold in the Middle East](https://time.com/4454681/russia-iran-fly-bombers-syria-middle-east/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Mark Thompson
* ![SANA handout photo shows Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem \(R\) talking  with U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura \(L\) in Damascus](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdd7ef3f3b8743dc/69887de5bc6cfcbf9a3dbc3b/rtx2796c.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 17, 2016  
## [U.N. to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to Besieged Parts of Syria](https://time.com/4226911/syrian-civil-war-united-nations/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins
* ![Adel al-Jubeir](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt488516793522b8b6/69886edd5f570f1f91b1e1b7/ap_585729806993.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 30, 2015  
## [Saudi Arabia: Iran Must Accept That Assad Needs to Go](https://time.com/4093831/syria-peace-talks-saudi-iran/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Nash Jenkins  
* ![yuri-kozyrev-greek-coast-guard-migrants-13](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1978f506b87cf629/698862a2f887dc279be923e9/yuri-kozyrev-greek-coast-guard-migrants-13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 11, 2015  
## [Watch a Greek Night Patrol on the Frontlines of the Migrant Crisis](https://time.com/4031284/europe-migrant-crisis-greece-boat-refugee/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster and Diane Tsai
* ![Greece Migrants syrian refugees](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7957f2474104783e/6988631435ba6f5b20c0f19c/syrian-refugees2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2015  
## [These 6 States Take in the Most Syrian Refugees](https://time.com/4029719/syrian-refugees-us-relocate/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Josh Sanburn
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Sep 4, 2015  
## [U.S. Wary of Opening Doors to More Syrian Refugees](https://time.com/4023216/europe-migrants-syria-u-s-refugees/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Irish members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force \(UNDOF\) sit on their armoured vehicles in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights as they wait to cross into the Syrian-controlled territory, on August 28, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte216675653c0e21b/6986a14d06f2c13f2c3307cf/un-golan-heights.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2014  
## [Militants Detain U.N. Forces](https://time.com/3206779/un-peacekeepers-armed-group-syria-israel-golan-heights/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Noah Rayman
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 15, 2014  
## [Abducted Relief Workers Released in Syria](https://time.com/101999/syria-relief-workers-released-medecins-sans-borders/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Maya Rhodan  
* ![Residents return to devastated Homs to salvage what remains from their homes, May 12, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc57dbe3984a5d26c/69868f0cd0b6f227c43043ef/syria-homs1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2014  
## [Devastation in Homs](https://time.com/97266/syria-war-homs-ruins-conflict-assad/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 21, 2014  
## [U.S. Mulls Syria 'Game Changer'](https://time.com/68336/syria-obama-anti-aircraft-missiles/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Michael Crowley
* ![A government soldier looks out over the renowned Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers near the Syria-Lebanon border after forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad seized the fortress on March 20, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt102b249341233d00/698686b2e8524b83ae601f17/syria-krak-des-chevaliers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 21, 2014  
## [Assad's Forces Seize Crusader Castle From Rebels](https://time.com/33207/syria-crusader-castle-recaptured-government-forces/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Men hold up a baby saved from under rubble, who survived an airstrike in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca2745f5767556ff/6986858eadae446ba3541f84/rtx175dw-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 14, 2014  
## [Syria's War Marks 3 Years](https://time.com/24741/the-cost-of-war-syria-three-years-on/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Syrians look at the destruction following an airstrike by government forces on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on March 5, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb99696a891803ab/6986855fe53aba24b44d17b0/syria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2014  
## [Report: Over 146K Killed in Syria's Civil War](https://time.com/24077/syria-death-toll/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Noah Rayman

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