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After Trump Ban, Lebanese Leader Renews Call to Return Syrian Refugees
New U.S. restrictions on asylum seekers have reinvigorated the discussion over the fate of 1.5 million Syrian refugees sheltering in neighboring Lebanon.
Richard Hall
Richard Hall is a correspondent for Public Radio International’s The World and PRI.org, covering the Middle East from his home base in Lebanon. He has reported across the region since 2009, covering Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Richard has written extensively on the Syrian civil war and the rise of the Islamic State. His reporting on the Kurdish issue has taken him across Turkey and up the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq.
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Analysis: Why U.S. Allies Are Fighting Each Other in Northern Syria
Journalist Richard Hall explains why Kurdish, Syrian opposition and Turkish forces – three major U.S. allies in the fight against ISIS in Syria – are now battling each other in the war-torn country’s northern provinces.