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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Speaker of the People's Council of Syria Hammouda Sabbagh, center right, receives Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, second left, on his arrival to the airport, in the Syrian capital Damascus, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (SANA via AP)

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Turkish backed fighter prepare to go to the frontline in the Syrian province of Idlib, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. The fighting in Idlib led to the collapse of a fragile cease-fire that was brokered by Turkey and Russia in 2018. Turkey supports the Syrian rebels, while Russia has heavily backed the Syrian government's campaign to retake the area which is the last rebel stronghold in Syria. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies

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This image released by the Syrian Presidency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin's visit is the second to the war-torn country where his troops have been fighting alongside Syrian government forces since 2015. (Syrian Presidency via AP)

Russia’s Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally

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In this file photo released on Monday, Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Italy's Rai News 24, in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian general transformed Syria’s war in Assad’s favor

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Iran’s popular Gen. Soleimani became an icon by targeting US

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Russia eyes major commercial projects in Syria

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In this photo released on Monday Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks during an interview with Monica Maggioni, left, the CEO of Italy's Rai News 24, in Damascus, Syria. Assad said in an interview aired Monday that the global chemical weapons watchdog has faked and falsified a report over an attack near the capital Damascus last year &quot;just because the Americans wanted them to do so.&quot; (SANA via AP)

Syria’s Assad: OPCW faked a report on attack near Damascus

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UAE diplomat praises Syrian president’s ‘wise leadership’

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Syrian pound at new low as crisis roils neighboring Lebanon

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2015, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during an interview in Damascus, Syria. Assad says members of the Islamic State group held in the country will stand trial in local courts specialized in cases of terrorism. Assad made his comments in an interview with Paris Match when asked about a deal with a Kurdish-led force that would eventually bring their areas under government control. (SANA via AP, File)

Assad: IS members in Syrian Kurds jails to stand local trial

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Spain court seeks to try Assad’s uncle for money laundering

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Russia24 TV and Rossiya Segodnya news agency, in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Assad said the American presence in Syria will lead to armed &quot;resistance&quot; that will eventually force the U.S. troops to leave. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s Bashar Assad says ‘resistance’ will force U.S. troops out

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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, U.S. forces patrol Syrian oil fields, in eastern Syria.President Donald Trump's decision to dispatch new U.S. forces to eastern Syria to secure oil fields is being criticized by some experts as ill-defined and ambiguous. But the residents of the area, one of the country's most remote and richest regions, hope the U.S. focus on eastern Syria would bring an economic boon and eliminate what remains of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

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‘Mission creep’: U.S. to block Russian, Syrian forces from vast oil fields

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