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Syria's Hend Zaza is youngest athlete at this year's Olympics

Hend Zaza from Syria is the youngest Olympian competing this year in Tokyo. At 12 years old, Zaza is the fifth-youngest Olympian of all time and the youngest since 1992.

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Arabian horses are among the oldest bred horses in the world, tracing their history back 4,500 years to the Bedouins of the Arabian desert and in artwork from ancient Egypt. But this lineage is now endangered as horse owners in northwest Syria are unable to register their animals and acquire the certificates that confirm their ancestry. Mohammed Hardan and Joe Snell report.

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The storyteller of Ramadan tours Syria's displaced camps

During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a storyteller is touring displaced camps across northwest Syria's Idlib province to help children forget about the war. Video by Joe Snell. Shots and story by Mouneb Taim.

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Islamic State 'Beatle' found guilty of hostage taking, conspiracy to murder

El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British citizen and member of the Islamic State, was convicted by a federal jury this month for his role in the abduction, torture and beheading of several American hostages in Syria. He now faces life in prison.

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US special forces raid kills head of Islamic State

Heaps of rubble and a collapsed roof are all that’s left of the home of the former leader of the Islamic State, evidence of a US military operation months in the making. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.

US special forces raid kills head of Islamic State

Snowstorms create deadly conditions for displaced Syrians

Heavy snowstorms blasted NW Syria this month. Displaced Syrians now contend with freezing temperatures that have frozen water systems, large blankets of snow that have collapsed shelters and closed roadways, and renewed threats of flooding as the snow melts.

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