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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Sept 3, 2018. Zarif said at the start of a visit to Damascus on Monday that &quot;terrorists must be purged&quot; from Syria's Idlib and the entire northwestern province returned to government control. (SANA via AP)

Iran FM says ‘terrorists must be purged’ from Syria’s Idlib

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

The head of Russia's National Defense Control Center, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, speaks to the media during an inter-agency coordination headquarters meeting and video call between Moscow and Syria in Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (Balashova Olga, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia military drills point to imminent Syria offensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US warns Russia, Syria against chemical weapons use

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

James Mattis: U.S. urges Russia to stop looming chemical weapons attack in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Syria’s Assad attends holiday prayers at Damascus mosque

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Ending the War in Syria Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Ending the war in northern Syria

By Abraham R. Wagner

This photo posted Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018 on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad sitting next to his wife Asma Assad with an IV in her left arm in what appears to be a hospital room, in Syria. Syria's presidency said that the first lady has begun treatment for breast cancer. The statement said the &quot;malignant tumor&quot; was discovered in its early stages. Such announcements are uncommon in the Arab world. (Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency via AP)

Damascus: Syria’s first lady starts breast cancer treatment

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This photo provided on Monday, July 22, 2018, by the al-Qaida-affiliated Ibaa News Network, purports to show militants of the al-Qaida-linked coalition known as Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, Arabic for Levant Liberation Committee overlooking a battlefield in rural Lattakia, Syria. It's already being called the &quot;mother of all battles,&quot; the last showdown between the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition. Idlib province, in Syria's northwest, is the only significant opposition enclave still standing and Assad has vowed to retake it. The caption in Arabic reads: &quot;A field visit by Sheik Abu Malik al-Shami (a leading member of the group) with field commanders to inspect an outpost for Mujahideen (holy fighters) in the coast area.&quot; (Ibaa News Network, via AP)

A last showdown looms over Syrian opposition stronghold

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Illustration on strategies for the future of Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why the United States, Israel and Russia must unite in opposition to Iran’s expansionism

By Abraham R. Wagner

The Latest: Syrian forces drive IS from Golan frontier

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, mourners carry a coffin of more than 200 people who were killed a day earlier by a series of suicide bombings launched by the Islamic State's fighters on the eastern and northern countryside of the southern province of al-Sweida during a mass funerals in al-Sweida, Syria, Thursday, July 26, 2018. A Syrian government official says the death toll from coordinated Islamic State attacks on a usually peaceful city and its countryside has climbed to 216, in the worst violence to hit the area since the country's conflict began. (SANA via AP)

Syrian government retakes Golan Heights frontier with Israel

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In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018, photo, a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad is displayed on the door of a souvenir store in the Takiyya complex in the old town of Damascus, Syria. His face is everywhere. Buoyed by successive military advances in the past year and having completely secured his seat of power and surrounding suburbs for the first time in years, Assad's government is openly boasting about its victories with posters and billboards placed on every public square, market and street corner. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

AP PHOTOS: Assad’s victory posters crowd Damascus streets

By HASSAN AMMAR - Associated Press

Trails of Patriot missiles are seen in the sky in northern Israel Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet it said had breached its airspace on Tuesday while advancing Syrian government forces retaking territory from rebels reached the Golan Heights frontier for the first time in seven years. The Israeli military said it monitored the advance of the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet and shot it down with a pair of Patriot missiles after it penetrated Israeli airspace by about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles). (David Cohen/Flash90 via AP)

The Latest: Official: IS seized body of downed Syrian pilot

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In this April 19, 2018, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces oversee the evacuation of rebel fighters from the Army of Islam and their families from the town of Dumayr, northeast of Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

Syria civil war nears Israel border, brings possible Iran military presence

By Seth J. Frantzman

This Thursday, July 5, 2018 photo provided by Nabaa Media, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows smoke rising over buildings that were hit by Syrian government forces bombardment, in Daraa province, southern Syria. Syrian state media and a war monitor said Friday that government forces have captured new areas along the border with Jordan and are on the verge of reaching a main crossing between the two countries. (Nabaa Media, via AP)

Syrian troops celebrate recapture of Jordan border crossing

By ALBERT AJI - Associated Press

This Thursday, July 5, 2018 photo provided by Nabaa Media, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows smoke rising over buildings that were hit by Syrian government forces bombardment, in Daraa province, southern Syria. Syrian state media and a war monitor say government forces have captured new areas along the border with Jordan and are on the verge of reaching a main crossing between the two countries. (Nabaa Media, via AP)

Syrian troops recapture vital border crossing with Jordan

By OMAR AKOUR and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Jordanian residents of Jabir village watch aid deliveries to Syrians fleeing government offensive in the south as smoke from unknown fire rises, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The UN says Syria government's Russian-backed offensive to recover southern territories from rebels has displaced 270,000 people, 60,000 of them headed near the sealed Jordanian borders.(AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Israel lays down red lines for postwar relations with Syria

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia's deployment near the Syria-Lebanon border this week and its withdrawal a day later after protests from the militant Hezbollah group reveals some of the uneasy relations between allies of President Bashar Assad who joined the country's civil war to back him. The move comes amid calls by Russia for foreign countries to withdraw troops from Syria while Tehran says it presence will remain as long as there are threats from terrorists. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Rare tensions between Assad’s backers as Syria’s war unwinds

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released May 10, 2018, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, in Damascus, Syria. In an interview with Russia Today television which aired Thursday, May 31, 2018, Assad said that the U.S. troops, who operate air bases and outposts in the Kurdish-administered region, will have to leave the country. Assad threatened to attack the region held by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria if talks fail to bring the area back under Damascus’ authority. (SANA via AP)

Syria’s Assad threatens to attack area under US-backed Kurds

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

The Latest: Chemical weapons body calls on countries to join

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