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A man carrying bags of bread walks as a patrol of US military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey on Feb. 8, 2020. — A man carrying bags of bread walks as a patrol of US military vehicles is seen in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah province along the border with Turkey on Feb. 8, 2020. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

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