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Metin Gurcan

Oct 18, 2021

Syria conflict — A firefighter works on the remains of a vehicle destroyed in a car bombing in Syria's rebel-held northern city of Afrin on Oct. 11. The bombing killed six people, including at least one Turkey-backed rebel fighter, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. — BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images

Syrian government forces monitor the northern Syrian town of Tel Rifaat on March 28, 2018.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu shake hands during a joint press conference following their talks in Moscow on March 16, 2022.

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