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Good morning. It's been nearly 80 years since the Holocaust and survivors and heirs still seek property returned. At the Supreme Court, one argument was, it's not traceable. Doesn't this provide a roadmap to expropriate property? Just sell the property, put it into your treasury, insulate yourself for all time.

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Up next, Mark Mellinger has today's news.

Across Syria, churches opened for Sunday services for the first time since the overthrow of totalitarian leader Bashar al-Assad.

Christians worshipping in Damascus expressed hope that a new government, more supportive of religious minorities, will be formed soon.

To help move that along, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Gaiyre Peterson, says it's time for countries like the U.S. to roll back sanctions on Syria.

The change that we're seeing after the fall of the Assad regime has just been

immense. U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken has not pledged to take that step, but says he has

been in contact with the rebel group that ousted Assad, called Hayat Terir al-Sham, or HTS for

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