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Fatima Mahmoud visits her destroyed home where her husband’s remains still lie. (Video: Tamer El-Ghobashy; photo: Alice Martins) Syria: Reflections From A Shattered Land How American neglect imperils the victory over ISIS Six months after the Islamic State was evicted from its self-proclaimed capital, Raqqa is a city sown with rubble, explosives and an uneasy mixture of despair and determination to rebuild. Its destruction and slow recovery is fueling the sentiment that the United States wrecked the city but is unwilling to help put it back together. By Tamer El-Ghobashy 22 hours ago Southwest passenger who died following explosion was sucked halfway out the plane A fellow passenger emotionally described how he and others tried to save the woman who died when she was pulled partly through a window after one of its engines exploded in midair. By Ashley Halsey III, Faiz Siddiqui and Dana Hedgpeth 12 hours ago
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