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Geopolitics Syria Crisis

Hezbollah v. ISIS, A Showdown Looms In Lebanon

Looking down on the city of Britel, in the Bekaa Valley.
Looking down on the city of Britel, in the Bekaa Valley. Pietro Masturzo for La Stampa

RAS BAALBEK — There’s a 140-kilometer strip of land on top of the mountains just north of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley that marks the border with Syria. It’s here that ISIS has dug in, appropriating a remote corner of Lebanon where the terror group has accumulated militants, resources and hostages to gear up for an impending […]

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Society

The Jewish Ghetto And Its Phantom Opera

Terezin ghetto's entrance
Terezin ghetto's entrance Jiri Castka/CTK/ZUMA

Nazis used a Czech military fortress to hold Jewish prisoners during World War II. Yet somehow  art and music flourished, including one notable opera that had gone tragically unperformed.

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