{
  "id": 1213046,
  "title": "Damascus and Kabul: how great powers are defeated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/damascus-and-kabul-how-great-powers-are-defeated",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T05:42:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Majalla English",
    "slug": "al-majalla-english",
    "url": "https://en.majalla.com/node/332550/opinion/damascus-and-kabul-how-great-powers-are-defeated"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Damascus and Kabul: how great powers are defeated newspress_en Sun, 08/16/2026 - 06:42 Opinion What connects Damascus’s announcement of an agreement with Moscow to regulate Russia’s military presence in Syria with Kabul’s commemoration of the anniversary of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan? Weeks after the 9/11 attacks, the United States went to war in Afghanistan, toppled Taliban rule…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}