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In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey. When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran Friday, Sept. 7, all eyes will be on their diplomacy averting a bloodbath in Idlib, Syria's crowded northwestern province and last opposition stronghold. The three leaders whose nations are all under U.S. sanctions have an interest in working together, but Idlib is complicated and they have little common ground. (Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Syria says it’s committed to ‘liberate’ Idlib

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FILE- In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan join hands after a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey. When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran on Friday, Sept. 7, all eyes will be on their diplomacy averting a bloodbath in Idlib, Syria's crowded northwestern province and last opposition stronghold. The three leaders whose nations are all under U.S. sanctions have an interest in working together, but Idlib is complicated and they have little common ground. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Iran summit seeks to avert a bloodbath in northwestern Syria

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Virginia state senator returns to Syria to praise Assad

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FILE - This file photo provided Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Civil Defense workers and Syrian citizens gathering after an airstrike hit a market in Maaret al-Numan in southern Idlib, Syria. When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet in Tehran on Friday, Sept. 7, all eyes will be on their diplomacy averting a bloodbath in Idlib, Syria's crowded northwestern province and last opposition stronghold. The three leaders whose nations are all under U.S. sanctions have an interest in working together, but Idlib is complicated and they have little common ground. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

U.S. plays down talk of imminent pullout of forces from Syria

By Susannah George - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu says Israel working ‘near and far’ against Iran

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Elected Security Council members urge peace in Syria’s Idlib

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump warns Syria against ‘slaughter,’ denies he wanted to assassinate Assad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump rejects Marshall Plan nation-building, opts for ‘tough love’ foreign policy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Israeli official confirms 200 strikes in Syria

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Israeli jets fly over Lebanon in rare daytime raid on Syria

By ALBERT AJI and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

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 Latest: Turkey brands al-Qaida group in Syria terrorists

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War monitor says blasts in Syria airport killed 2

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A protestor holds a poster with a photo of Angela Merkel referring reading she is guilty of incitement in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man last week, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

The Latest: German police advise end of anti-migrant rally

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2013, file photo, smoke rises after a TNT bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to president Bashar Assad and opposition fighters, in a neighbouring village to Kafr Nabuda, in the Idlib province countryside, Syria. The campaign for Idlib, the opposition’s only remaining stronghold in the country and now a refuge for over one million displaced Syrians, is likely to be the last major theater of battle after seven years of brutal civil war. (AP Photo/File)

The Latest: UN warns against assault on Syria’s Idlib

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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

NATO reports Russian naval buildup amid Syria tensions

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan right, shakes hands with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, prior to their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan, Iranian FM meet to discuss Syria

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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