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Washington PostThursday, 3 September 2026
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Syria eyes role as Middle East hub
Offers alternative transit routes for oil, options to bypass Strait of Hormuz
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Access to secret intel is pulled
DOCUMENTS WIPED FROM WEB PORTAL
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Russia’s drones force Ukraine to adapt defenses
Jet-propelled weapons pound Kyiv as arms race increasingly defines war
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Deep in the Grand Canyon, the rain left them no escape
Hikers thought they’d prepared for a flash flood. Soon they were trapped.
Brianna Sacks and N. Kirkpatrick and Dylan Moriarty
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