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In this file photo released on Sunday, April 22, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises after Syrian government airstrikes and shelling hit in Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood held by Islamic State militants, southern Damascus, Syria. Syria's military said Monday, May 21, 2018, that it has liberated the last neighborhoods in southern Damascus held by the Islamic State and has declared the Syrian capital and its surroundings "completely safe" and free of any militant presence.
The base spent the previous five years winding down its operations tempo from the years of the Vietnam War. The leap in air mobility operations to support American forces in the Gulf War was yet to be.
Dozens Suffocate in Syria as Government Is Accused of Chemical Attack - BEIRUT, Lebanon - Dozens of Syrians choked to death after a suspected chemical attack struck the rebel-held suburb of Douma, sending a stream of patients with burning eyes and breathing problems to medical clinics, aid groups said on Sunday. Scores feared dead in Syria 'chemical attack' as US demands international response - An alleged chemical attack reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, in Syria on Saturday, with the US describing the reports as "horrifying".
Dozens Suffocate in Syria as Government Is Accused of Chemical Attack - BEIRUT, Lebanon - Dozens of Syrians choked to death after a suspected chemical attack struck the rebel-held suburb of Douma, sending a stream of patients with burning eyes and breathing problems to medical clinics, aid groups said on Sunday. Scores feared dead in Syria 'chemical attack' as US demands international response - An alleged chemical attack reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, in Syria on Saturday, with the US describing the reports as "horrifying".
In Jacksonville, the repercussions from the blast were immediately felt by family, friends and colleagues attached to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines who fell that day in Beirut, Lebanon.
President Barack Obama meets with United Nations Secretary-General-designate, Antonio Guterres, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington Dec. 2, 2016. Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day.
The multi-million dollar Clinton Foundation donor was denied entry into the U.S. last year because of his ties to a Lebanese organization that has allegedly given money to the terrorist group Hezbollah, The Los Angeles Times reports . The news, which was based on interviews and government documents, comes weeks after emails surfaced showing that in 2009, a Clinton Foundation adviser asked Hillary Clinton's State Department deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, for a favor on Chagoury's behalf.
This Oct. 23, 1983 file photo shows the scene around the U.S. Marine Base near Beirut Airport following a massive bomb blast that destroyed the base and caused a huge death told rising to 239, in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to President Barack Obama, that was posted Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, on a website associated with the former president's office, asking him to "quickly fix" a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could cost Iran some $2 billion.