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Syria said it held talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

That changed this month, when council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, a key Bass ally, split the committee in two and removed Raman as its chair, effective Sept. 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Prince has been a confidant and ally of the president and his advisers, the Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

And despite the overall lull in the fighting, Iran fired drones at oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates, another U.S. ally, as they transited the Strait of Hormuz this month.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

This wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for in an ally.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Her condemnation followed a slew of public comments from other erstwhile allies of the governor decrying his decision to return to office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

The longtime allies and economic partners, who have enjoyed free trade for decades, are now in an escalating trade war with no clear off ramp.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

"As Germany and Poland, we are NATO, we are friends, and we are allies," said Major General Tilo Maedler, Chief of the Bundeswehr Joint Force Command.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Bass and Raman were political allies at one point, with Raman even endorsing the mayor before launching a campaign to unseat her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Dunmore’s War was only the beginning of a three-decade war between the settlers and the Shawnee Nation and its allies.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Another person allied with Bass contacted Fight Agency last month about working for the Bass campaign, Mikail said, which the firm declined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Darline Graham’s allied super PACs—as well as her campaign—have outspent her rivals.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The original specimens of the sail-backed dinosaur Spinosaurus were destroyed in Munich by an allied bombing raid in 1944.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

If allied nations and American enterprises conclude that the vibrant, dependable open ecosystem is the Chinese one, they will build their sovereign AI infrastructure on it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

And so those emperors who had need of extraordinary support because of their newness in power allied themselves with the soldiers rather than the people.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But the MEK was long considered a terrorist group by Washington and enjoys little support inside Iran, where it is reviled for allying with Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the devastating 1980-88 war.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

Such was Francis’ astonishing international popularity that many politicians of all stripes tried to trade on it, allying themselves with his causes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

Additionally, Brics enables India to advance its core foreign policy principle of strategic autonomy, whereby it aims to balance relations with a wide spectrum of geopolitical players, without formally allying with any of them.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

By the time the first Spanish missionaries arrived in the 14th century, at least seven different groups were trading, marrying, allying, and fighting with one another in a complex political network.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024

But I didn’t want to hear any of it, and the wind, allying itself with me, threatened the chinaberry tree outside the back door.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou