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Erdogan makes urgent appeal to West on grim 10-year mark of Syria’s war

Ankara desperately needs options to get out of the Syria quagmire, but the Turkish president's offer is likely to fall flat with the Biden administration.

A girl holds a Syrian opposition flag during a demonstration in the village of Atme in Idlib.
A man holds a girl on his shoulder as she holds a flag of the Syrian opposition during a demonstration in the village of Atme in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib close to the border with Turkey on March 15, 2021, as demonstrators mark 10 years since the nationwide anti-government protests that sparked the country's devastating civil war. — RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images

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