Russia ups mediation efforts between Turkey, Syria as Assad drags feet - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Sep 3, 2024

DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images — Turkish and Russian military vehicles patrol in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province bordering Turkey on April 27, 2023. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

This combination of file photographs created on July 7, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Ankara on May 29, 2023, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 16, 2023.

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