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A convoy of US forces armoured vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
December 21, 2018, 7:59 am
Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil
US president’s surprise announcement plunges volatile region into profound uncertainty, leaving America’s Kurdish allies in the lurch
By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb
Illustrative image of memorial to Confederate soldiers outside Bastrop County, TX, Courthouse. (CC BY-SA Billy Hathorn, Wikimedia commons)
September 30, 2017, 9:23 pm
Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up
Supporters of new monuments reject criticism they are racist, say they are meant to preserve their history
By JEFF MARTIN and brynn anderson
Members of the KKK are escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
August 12, 2017, 11:39 am
Secessionists push for South to break away from US again
Renewed calls for a ‘White Man’s Land’ come amid drive to remove Confederate memorials and symbols
By JAY REEVES
This file photo taken on July 17, 2015 shows Ku Klux Klan members staging a demonstration at the state house building in Columbia, South Carolina. (AFP/Getty Images North America/John Moore)
July 8, 2017, 9:52 am
Virginia town girds for KKK march
Supporters of white supremacist group to protest planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
By Sébastien BLANC
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