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Ambassador Ryan Crocker reports on his visit to Lebanon and Syria on October 12-17 as part of a small delegation organized by the Washington office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (L) speaks as US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (R) listens during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul on February 29, 2020. - The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on February 29, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever war. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

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