For today, links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press; other reports or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. SYRIA 3-9-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Syrian defence ministry says operation against Assad loyalists is over, by Jana Choukeir | Reuters  DUBAI — A Syrian military operation against loyalists of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad has been completed, the defence ministry said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 9  Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war, by Kareem Chehayeb | AP  An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 9  Syria’s interim leader Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years. From Reuters. DAMASCUS — Syria’s leader on Sunday vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers and said . . . READ MORE . . .

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