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February 4, 2020

Syrian and Turkish Forces Escalate Attacks as Turkey Suffers First Losses from Direct Combat
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In Syria, Turkish warplanes launched airstrikes against Syrian regime
troops after at least six Turkish soldiers were killed by artillery
strikes. The Turkish airstrikes represent a major escalation of the
battle in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, where a
Russian-backed Syrian regime offensive has already sent nearly
three-quarters of a million Syrian civilians fleeing toward the Turkish
border.


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