In 2024, insurgents led by now-interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham marched to Damascus and removed Assad from power.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
While serving a tour of duty outside the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan in August of 2011, he was ambushed by Taliban insurgents disguised in Afghan National Army uniforms.
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Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
Eastern Congo has experienced some of its worst violence in years, with M23 rebels seizing large parts of North Kivu and advancing toward the regional capital, Goma, disrupting road links and border crossings.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
Border tensions fueling Congo’s crisis President Félix Tshisekedi’s major challenge is the armed conflict in eastern Congo, where the largest city, Goma, has been controlled by rebels since January 2025.
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Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Trump started his second presidency by pardoning the insurrectionists who’d wanted to unlawfully extend his first.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.
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