The rebuilding of minaret of the Grand Mosque of Aleppo this week

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Mosul, from 2017 to today

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American soldier pictured wearing a Kurdish flag as he departs the country in a US Convoy crossing back into Iraq today.

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Reconstruction of streets ongoing in Aleppo

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Old man smokes his pipe and listens to a record player in his destroyed bedroom in Aleppo

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Reconstruction in Kobani

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Interesting notification I just got from Flightradar24

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Evening in Aleppo a few days ago

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100,000 olive trees have been planted in Raqqa.

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A friend from Aleppo tells me that today the city has imposed a city-wide curfew to stop the spread of COVID-19

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Aleppo Restaurant Reopens (2016vs2018)

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A few days ago I posted a photo of road construction in central Aleppo. It's all finished now...

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Detailed Map of all Foreign Military Bases Currently in Syria

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Aleppo

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today marks the 10th anniversary of the arrest by Assad's Intelligence of an entire family, Abdul Rahman Yassin (a chess champion), his wife & their 5 children. Their whereabouts are unknown to date. Fate of detainees in Assad's jails has long been requested, to no avail

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Three years ago today: Image I took from the rooftop of a friend's bakery at Sahat al Hatab, Jdeideh, Aleppo

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The situation in Syria as of June 2022 [OC]

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The recent opinion pooling in Turkey shows the current mindset of the Turkish society on SCW

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Another day, another Trump tweet.

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Saw a pile of mangled cars. I asked what they were. Found out they are just a collection of cars from past suicide bombings in Kobane from ISIS.

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In Deir Ezzor area traditionally only wheat, cotton & corn were planted by farmers but now they try different things. Farmers try planting vegetables also and for the first time they planted cabbage this year. With excellent results.

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Kata'ib Hezbollah says it’s giving the Iraqi authorities a chance to 'diplomatically' expel the American troops from Iraq before it launches a massive military campaign to forcefully expel them from the country.

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Ashraf Ghani in 2012 wrote a piece on preparing for a Syrian transition. 10 years later he flees Afghanistan and Assad is still President.

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/r/rojava was banned

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A US Army Infantryman glances at a pair of Russian Special Forces as they walk past one another. May 2020

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Breakfast for a displaced family - Syria Damn the war

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The situation in northern Syria after Turkish-Russian agreement. [Translation in comments]

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Photo I took of the main traffic circle in Raqqa. This was the location of so many barbaric acts and executions. It’s amazing the SDF took it from some a nightmare world to a place that feels peaceful. There where people eating in the park by the fountains.

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Rebuilding in Aleppo City

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Russian BTR-82A after today's attack on Russian-Turkish patrol

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Following clean up, here's an image of Khan al Wazir in old Aleppo yesterday

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Both Turkish and Russian armoured cars got their portion of stones in Kobani while patrolling

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Kobani marks nine years since liberation from ISIS

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Greece/Turkey borders tonight

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The view from one of the reopened cafes outside the Aleppo citadel tonight

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And suddenly all hell breaks loose in Daraa.

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Obituary of German YPG fighter

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Sergeant Mikhail Milshyn dies in hospital as a result of IED explosion occurred in August

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The situation in Idlib, based of yesterday’s gains

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The refugee who said We didn't ask you to save us to Turkish news was ripped of his clothes and got kicked out of Greek borders

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The 12-year-old child, Saleh Ahmed, was killed under torture by Assad criminal security 3 hours after arresting him in Al-Aziziya, Aleppo. His family was told by them that he “hanged himself”

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A US Army Infantryman uses his radio after his Patrol got blocked by a Russian Convoy Today. (AFP)

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Photo I secretly took inside of Al Hol camp (for ISIS destinies and their families). Hol camp is a world like nothing else I’ve ever seen. I’ve been in a few sketchy situations in Syria. Going to the market here was the most uncomfortable I think I’ve felt. (Yes. There is a suk and restaurants)

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Today 3 years ago Russian air strike killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria.

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Joint Russian-Turkish patrol

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SAA's tank supporting a bike (photo by Oleg Blokhin)

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Its not everyday that you have a Russian convoy blow by you when you're just trying to eat your Shawarma (this is in Qamislo).

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Turkish Kirpi spotted in Moscow

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Armenia 🇦🇲 sent #rescue squads to Turkiye 🇹🇷 & Syria 🇸🇾 to help combat the consequences of earthquake.

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Flying over Khan Sheikhun

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A WW1 Vickers Machine Gun has been spotted in Syria. - In Southern Damascus during 2018, Syrian rebels handed over all of their weapons to the SAA. One including a Vickers Machine Gun.

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Russian column passes through US checkpoint

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During Turkey's attack on Rojava, a young girl named Berivan Ziber, an employee of the Simav Printing House in the city of Qamishlo, was killed.

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SAA's ''Mad Max'' style war car - by Oleg Blokhin

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American MRAP driving past an SAA checkpoint on the way to the oil fields

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The Dialogue | May 25, 2020 | M4 highway, Syria | Photo: Delil Souleiman (AFP) [1000x666]

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Commercial carrier flies over Aleppo for the first time in eight years

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On October 12, 2019 Kurdish politician Havrin Khalaf was brutally killed by the Turkish-backed militias. A post-mortem examination showed that the she was dragged from the car and brutally assaulted before being shot more than 20 times.

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Syrians protest Turkish occupation point at Tell Touqan, Idlib

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Packed with people around the Aleppo Citadel this evening

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Missing Afrin Women Project – Tracking kidnappings and disappearances of women in occupied Afrin, Syria. missingafrinwomen.org

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Funeral of the children that died two days ago in Tel-Rifat

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Photo from Raqqa. I guess you just have to make due in a place like this. Raqqa is just a hellscape from the efforts to expel the Islamic State. Rebuilding has been slow (but steady).

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A delegation from the DPR (separatist republic in Eastern Ukraine), headed by Natalia Nikonorova, has arrived in Syria

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Russian drone losses in Syria since 2015

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A mural for the german chancellor angela merkel painted on a destroyed home in east idlib, by the artist Aziz Al-Asmar in which he thanked her on behalf the syrian refugees she welcomed in her country.

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Syrian Pound continues to collapse. One USD was equivalent to 800~ Syrian Pound 3 days ago, now it's nearing 1000.

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Syriac Orthodox Patriarch speaks out against prolongation of sanctions by the US against the syrian people

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US Patrol today

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Territory the Syrian Government has never lost during the Syrian Civil War (OC)

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Captured improvised artillery made by ISIS I stumbled across in northern Syria (Kobane).

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Five years ago today, on September 23, 2015, three of the Assyrian hostages captured by ISIS during its February 2015 assault on the Khabour Region in northeastern Syria were killed.

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The United States is the world's most rogue country - President Bashar al-Assad.

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This guy is Harith Al Sodany. An Iraqi spy who infiltrated ISIS. Having gained the trust of the ISIS high command, Captain Al-Sodany began working as a facilitator. Successfully stopping 30 SIEDs and VBIEDs. Full story in comments.

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Picture of a US MRAP Turret after the incident today

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A Kurdish woman walking by a US base near Tirbesbiye in NE Syria. And yes, they get angry if you take photos of them at their base.

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Russian-Turkish patrol, M4, 15.03.2020

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Hospital food in Rojava

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Six Turkish soldiers killed in yesterday’s airstrike

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Trump tweets after his phone call with Erdogan.

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A view of old Aleppo today

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Different types of Turkish drones

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Syrian refugees tell us their life stories.

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At least 12 members of taf have been killed by PKK Guerrillas in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Current military situation in Idlib

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Can anybody confirm that text is Produced in Idlib, Turkey?

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Update to the known ISIS leadership in Iraq, image originally released in May 2020

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revolt tonight in several aras in syria . Aleppo. People are burning down buildings, specifically destroying Electricity companies for high prices

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HTS troops in Afrin city centre.

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Two Turkish drones attack a helicopter carrying Mazlum Kobani and Ilham Ahmad in the Sulaymaniyah Airport in Kurdistan Region, around 04:00 pm. Americans were with them too in meetings with the PUK, and all survived the attack. Turkey suspended all flights from the airport on Wednesday for 3 months.

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A street in Old Aleppo after the renovation

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The Aleppo souk today - this morning was the start of a three day reopening event at Khan Al Jumrk. Great to see so many people in the old city

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Photo of a US Air Force U2 Spy Plane released as part of a collection of photos, showing coalition forces during the last three months of fighting the Islamic State. Had no idea these 1950s relics were even in service, let alone operating in the Middle East.

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Russian Military TIGR struck an IED today during the patrol around Kobani, Syria

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Fourth joint patrol, M4

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Sunset from inside of one of the more bombed out buildings in Kobane. The city decided to leave an entire neighborhood in ruins as a reminder of what the war to expel ISIS meant and the unity of the Kurds in doing so.

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Russian-Turkish patrol is hit by IED again, Urum area

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Another amazing before and after shot of old Aleppo - cleaned by Shabab 7emlet Sawa - a local NGO

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Woman hugs Kurdish fighter after liberation of Manbij

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A street in Mosul before and after liberation. Only the church steeple remains.

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US Consulate in Blue, K24 in Red, Target site in Purple

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View of the reopened cafes in front of the Aleppo citadel this week. This time last year the buildings were still semi reconstructed shells

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Syrian Army airborne training conducted over the past few days with hundreds of elements taking part in the Syrian desert.

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Russian MP in Quamishli

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Works on M5

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Members of the European Parliament hold Stop the War in Syria placards while French President Emmanuel Macron (unseen) delivers a speech ahead of a debate on the future of Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France (picture of the day)

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There's been 24/7 electricity in Damascus since the international fair. Here's a photo overlooking the city tonight

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The view from the Aleppo Citadel today

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Last summer Tel Tamr was so quiet. Now it has Americans, Russians, the Syrian army, Asayis, and SDF (close by). This photo is just one of many US military vehicles stopped and observing in Tel Tamr today (5in total). It seems likely if the war starts again. This will be a strategic city to aim for.

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Oleg Blokhin from Saraqib (pic)

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Panoramic view from the top of the Aleppo citadel a couple of weeks ago

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A SAA soldier inspecting a rebel dug tunnel in Tallet al Sakhr (apologizes for the watermarks, don't know how to remove them)

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Lines of cars awaiting entry into Syria from Jordan through Nassib crossing this morning.

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Allegedly we have information about battle mammals

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Animated gif map of the battle for Damascus

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Thought people might be interested to see the current state of the building Nine Days from my window in Aleppo was shot from. Photo taken this morning

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The Defense Ministry of the Syrian Interim Government (FSA government) has begun referring to an “upcoming military operation against the PKK”.

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Our sub was mentioned in the 2017 transparency report

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Woman stands along the side of a road in Tal Tamr, with the smoke plumes of tire fires billowing in the background to decrease visibility for warplanes

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Zau Seng, 39, was working as a medic and cameraman with the US-based aid organization Free Burma Rangers was killed in a mortar attack by the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army in Tel Tamr in 2019. I took this photo of a portrait of him that is still in the Hospital in Tel Tamr where he later died.

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Iraqi Yazidi Apcoi special forces with Iraqi, Ocalan, Sinjar Resistance Units and Ezidxan Women's Units flags

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French ethnic map of northeast Syria in 1939

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Updated map from Saraqib countryside

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New image of Aleppo citadel and surrounding area from the air

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Baghuz camp from space after the fighting ended

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Entrance to the Grand Mosque of Aleppo last week

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the UN General Assembly has voted in favor of establishing a body to investigate the fate of 130,000 people detained &/or disappeared by Assad's regime since 2011

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Praise for Ibn Khattab in sixth grade English language classes for SSG's Dar al-Wahi al-Sharif schools in Idlib

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A Turkish drone fell into a house in Atrish district in Duhok province of Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday, causing material damage

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The PKK recently announced the deaths of 16 militants who were killed in northern Iraq all the back in 2016 (6 years ago)

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Armenian servicemen in Aleppo

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Red enclave in NorthEastern Syria, context?

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Entrance to the Grand Mosque of Aleppo a couple of days ago. Work ongoing

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On the third anniversary of the occupation of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain by Turkey, an US drone killed an ISIS leader in the village of Hammam al-Turkman, within area controlled by Turkey.

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TFSA sending convoys from Al Bab to Idlib

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Joint patrol, M4, 23.03.2020

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45% of the Idlib district is now controlled by the SAA

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