For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Eye, and to a map from mapsland.com; others are accessible by clicking on their names or addresses as highlighted. (LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  SYRIA 2-19-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM FEB. 19  U.S.-backed SDF ready to ‘integrate’ into new Syrian army. From the Cradle. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tueday that key agreements had been reached among stakeholders in northern and eastern Syria “to enhance cooperation and stability in Syria.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 19  Over a million Syrians return home, but major challenges lie ahead, by Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye  BEIRUT — The United Nations said on Tuesday that more than one million people have returned to their homes in Syria since former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December, including 800,000 internally displaced Syrians and 280,000 Syrians who . . . READ MORE . . .

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