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February 25, 2013

The New Yorker cover for February 25, 2013: “Star-Studded Evening,” by Mark Ulriksen.

“Star-Studded Evening,” by Mark Ulriksen.

Featured Pick

a reporter at large

After Syria

Dexter Filkins

If the Assad regime falls, can Hezbollah survive?

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