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Vladimir Putin meets Syria's Assad to discuss Turkey and Israel
Russia has been trying to facilitate a meeting between Assad and Turkey’s Erdogan. Turkey severed ties with Syria in 2011 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, in which it supported rebels looking to oust Assad. The Syrian leader views the rebels as …