Emergency and security personnel search the rubble at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s Damascus on April 1. — AFP
Emergency and security personnel search the rubble at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s Damascus on April 1. — AFP

 An excavator clears rubble after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran’s consulate, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building in Damascus, Syria on April 2. — Reuters
An excavator clears rubble after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran’s consulate, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building in Damascus, Syria on April 2. — Reuters

 Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s Damascus on April 1. — AFP
Emergency and security personnel extinguish a fire at the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian embassy in Syria’s Damascus on April 1. — AFP

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Afghan hostilities

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KCR challenge
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Criminalising criticism
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Utter chaos
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