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While Russia and Turkey were busy shifting blame on each other, the Syrian government forces have gone and captured quite a lot of area in the northwestern part of Aleppo province in Syria

Middle East News

Turkey strikes Syrian army positions and “neutralizes” more than 100 soldiers.

By Roshan Amiri
. February 12, 2020

The Turkish Ministry of Defense said, on Monday, that it had “neutralized” more than 100 soldiers in the Syrian army by striking dozens of government

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