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FILE - In this file photo provided Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018 by the Syrian anti-government activist group, Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the Syrian civil defense known as the White Helmets, gathering at a street which was attacked by Russian airstrikes, in Maarat al-Nuaman, Syria. Just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Syria, Russian military outposts in the country have come under rebel attacks that are challenging Moscow's gains. The incursions have raised doubts both about the sustainability of the Syrian government's recent victories and Moscow's ability to protect its assets in the country. (Edlib Media Center via AP, File)

Syrian insurgents in counteroffensive in northwestern area

By BASSEM MROUE and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

In this photo taken from the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Facebook page on Tuesday, Jan. 9 2018, one of the drones that was forced to land after an unsuccessful attack attempt sits at a table at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces repelled a series of drone attacks on the Hemeimeem air base and a naval facility in Tartus, adding that such attacks would have required assistance from a country possessing satellite navigation technology — a statement that appeared to be aimed at the United States. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russian gains in Syria threatened by series of rebel attacks

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this photo taken from the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Facebook page on Tuesday, Jan. 9 2018, one of the drones that was forced to land after an unsuccessful attack attempt sits at a table at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces repelled a series of drone attacks on the Hemeimeem air base and a naval facility in Tartus, adding that such attacks would have required assistance from a country possessing satellite navigation technology — a statement that appeared to be aimed at the United States. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russia takes aim at US over series of Syria drone attacks

Associated Press

In this photo taken from the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Facebook page on Tuesday, Jan. 9 2018, one of the drones that was forced to land after an unsuccessful attack attempt sits at a table at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces repelled a series of drone attacks on the Hemeimeem air base and a naval facility in Tartus, adding that such attacks would have required assistance from a country possessing satellite navigation technology — a statement that appeared to be aimed at the United States. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

The Latest: US denies aiding drone attack on Russian bases

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In this photo provided on Wednesday Jan. 3, 2018 by the Syrian anti-government activist group, Edlib Media Center, EMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the Syrian civil defense known as the White Helmets, gathering at a street which was attacked by Russian airstrikes, in Maarat al-Nuaman town, southern Idlib province, Syria. Syrian government forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining rebel-held territory in the country's north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey amid a crushing offensive just as the cold winter weather sets in. (Edlib Media Center via AP)

Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

The Latest: Syrian TV says army reaches trapped troops

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Jordan OKs use of cranes to drop aid for displaced Syrians

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2 Russian soldiers killed in attack on air base in Syria

Associated Press

In this frame grab from video released Monday Jan. 1, 2018 by the Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, Syrians evacuate a boy from a building by using a ladder after an airstrike hit the Damascus suburb of Masraba, Syria. Opposition activists are reporting heavy clashes between government forces and insurgents east of Damascus, and at least a dozen airstrikes. (Syrian Civil Defense, via AP)

State media says Syrian president reshuffles government

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a toast during an award ceremony in the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, for Russian Armed Forces service personnel who took part in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Putin: Syrian campaign showed off Russia’s military might

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017 by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian pro-government troops taking up positions and firing on militants' positions on the Iraq-Syria border. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that Islamic State militants have withdrawn from their last stronghold following a government offensive and that government forces and allied troops, including Iraqi fighters are combing Boukamal, a strategic town on the border with Iraq, Thursday. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Russia claims U.S. training former ISIS fighters in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Shiite Muslims burned an effigy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in June, but many enemies of the Islamic State group don't think its leader has gone to the ash heap of history just yet. (Associated Press)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, not confirmed dead or alive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watch the troops marching at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria in this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, file photo. Nearly seven years into the conflict, the war in Syria seems on one level to be winding down, largely because of Russian-backed government victories and local cease-fires aimed at freezing the lines of conflict. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia to make Syria forces permanent

By L. Todd Wood

The Latest: Russia moves to extend lease of Syria naval base

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watch the troops marching at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria in this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, file photo. Nearly seven years into the conflict, the war in Syria seems on one level to be winding down, largely because of Russian-backed government victories and local cease-fires aimed at freezing the lines of conflict. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Syria rebels, opposition reject Russia-proposed talks

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, July 5, 2015, Uighurs living in Turkey and Turkish supporters, chant slogans as they hold a Chinese flag before burning it during a protest near China's consulate in Istanbul, against what they call oppression by Chinese government to Muslim Uighurs in far-western Xinjiang region. Since 2013, thousands of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China, have traveled to Syria to train and fight alongside al-Qaida, playing key roles in several battles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

US ups border training in Syria to prevent IS resurgence

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, welcome UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, left, prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

After last Geneva round, UN Syria envoy seeks Russia’s help

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, left, listens to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, bottom right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, bottom center, during their Syria-focused talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian parliament ratifies naval base agreement with Syria

Associated Press

Fifteen-year-old Sana Younes died in a mortar attack in Mosul during the final battle to drive out Islamic State extremists, and her body was exhumed months later for forensic investigation. In this Oct. 9, 2017, photo, her brother Salem holds her identification card before her remains are reburied. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Mosul is a graveyard: Final IS battle kills 9,000 civilians

By SUSANNAH GEORGE, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MAGGIE MICHAEL and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press