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On what grounds do the USA-affiliated forces and citizens reside in Syria if Syrian government objects?
It is authorized by Public Law 107-40, the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that authorized the war in Afghanistan after 9-11.
This essentially declares war on ISIS, and there is an ISIS ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are several reasons for the difference.
Emigrating may not at all be what Gazans actually want. From a 2010 poll
Three-quarters of those polled said they preferred to stay put, with the main ...
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Which side of the conflict in Syria used child soldiers?
IDK about Iranian militias specifically in this case, but actually the US-allied SDF has been accused of doing this too:
The number of children recruited by armed groups in Syria has risen steadily ...
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Approximately how many civilian deaths were caused by Bashar al-Assad's regime in the Syrian civil war?
TLDR: per UN, 137k out of 306k civilian deaths came from "Government & allies"
The UN did a detailed report about this.
The report, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, referred to ...
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Approximately how many civilian deaths were caused by Bashar al-Assad's regime in the Syrian civil war?
I personally take this with a large grain of salt, but according to one London-based NGO (SNHR), which appears to have one of the most detailed attempts at accounting
The report reveals that no fewer ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are already plenty of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries, notably in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan - see Palestinian refugee camps:
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
The simple answer is that you're not taking about the same countries. Gaza only borders Israel and Egypt. Neither of those took in much Syrian refugees.
Egypt did take in some Syrian refugees but way ...
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