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Turkish army armoured vehicles arrive near the Turkish town of Idil at the Turkey-Syria border before Turkish and Russian troops conduct their third joint patrols in northeast Syria, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Turkish and Russian troops are conducting joint patrols under a deal between the two countries that forced Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw from areas bordering Turkey. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkish patrol kills Syrian protester amid shaky truce

By MEHMET GUZEL and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2010, file photo, Pakistani army soldiers help an elderly villager evacuated from a flooded area in Nowshera, Pakistan. As Turkish forces invaded northern Syria in early October 2019, supporters of the offensive launched an online misinformation campaign. Dozens of misleading images claiming to show Turkey’s soldiers cuddling babies, feeding hungry toddlers and carrying elderly women, including this image from 2010, spread across Twitter and Instagram where they were liked, retweeted and viewed thousands of times. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)

Twitter accounts push propaganda photos of Turkish soldiers

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov.14, 2017 file photo, a site of cement maker Lafarge is pictured in Paris. A French court Thursday Nov. 7, 2019 has quashed the charges of &quot;complicity in crimes against humanity&quot; pressed against French cement company Lafarge yet said the judicial proceedings over Syria funding deals can continue. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

French company sees some charges quashed over Syria case

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Kosovo charges man returned from Syria with fighting for IS

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Undated handout photo made available by unnamed government sources showing a woman identified as Asma Fawzi Muhammad al-Qubaysi, a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Nov. 6, 2019. A senior Turkish official said the woman was among a group of 11 Islamic State suspects detained in a police operation in Turkey's Hatay province, near the border with Syria, on June 2, 2018.(Handout via AP)

Erdogan: Al-Baghdadi’s inner circle trying to enter Turkey

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this photo taken from the outskirts of the village of Mert Ismail near the town of Suruc, southeastern Turkey, Turkish army vehicles return to Tirley from Syrian after conducting a joint patrol with Russian forces, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols for the second time in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara's incursion. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Senior US envoy in Syria highly critical of troop withdrawal

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Russian and Syrian officials criticize US over Syrian camp

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, Alvin, an 11-year-old Albanian boy who was taken to Syria by his mother when she joined the Islamic State group, is accompanied to Damascus airport by Red Cross and Red Crescent officials, after he was freed from a crowded detention camp. The boy, who found himself with no family in the al-Hol camp run by Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria after his mother and siblings died amid fighting, is heading home, to Italy, where his father lives. (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent photo via AP)

Albanian boy freed from IS camp on way home to Italy

By JAMEY KEATEN and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this photo taken from the outskirts of Suruc, southeastern Turkey, AaRussian army vehicle enters Syria, as it begins its joint patrol with Turkish forces, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols for the second time in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara's incursion. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Turkey says Kurdish fighters still remain near Syrian border

By MEHMET GUZEL - Associated Press

Team to report on perpetrators of Syrian chemical attacks

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed house near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military that targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

In last days, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Rubble fills a street in Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. Faisal Mekdad, Syria's deputy foreign minister, said on Monday that his country is &quot;fully ready&quot; to cooperate with the fact-finding mission from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that's in Syria to investigate the alleged chemical attack that triggered U.S.-led airstrikes. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syria and chemical weapons: The horror continues

By Peter Brookes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators at the Parliament, in Ankara, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) ** FILE **

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan puts U.S. trip ‘on hold’ to protest House Armenian genocide vote

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Kashmiri protesters hold Islamic State flags as they shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 31, 2019. Government forces in Indian controlled Kashmir fired tear gas and pellets to disperse hundreds of protesters who clashed with them during a protest against the recent killing of Kashmir rebel leader and also an annual protest marking Al-Quds Day. The last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is observed in many Muslim communities as Al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, as a way of expressing support to the Palestinians and emphasizing the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Turkey to send captured ISIS fighters back to home countries

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, speaks with Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as they visit a military coordination center set up for Turkey's Syria operation, in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Foreign member of medic team killed in Syria’s northeast

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 27, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, announcing that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump puffs up Islamic State raid and more

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Turkish and Russian patrol is seen near the town of Darbasiyah, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols Friday in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara's incursion.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

The Latest: Car bomb kills 13 civilians in northern Syria

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators at the Parliament, in Ankara, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) ** FILE **

The Latest: Joint Turkey-Russia patrols start in Syrian area

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This image released by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, and displayed at a Pentagon briefing, shows an image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Department of Defense via AP)

ISIS and Syria after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By Jed Babbin

Kurdish forces withdraw from from an area near Turkish border with Syria, overseen by the Russian forces, near the town of Amuda, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Kurdish fighters killed one Turkish soldier and wounded five others amid a shaky truce in northern Syria, Turkey's army said Sunday, bringing its military death toll to 11 since the launch of its cross-border operation. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Joint Turkish and Russian patrols begin in Syrian region

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press