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March 4, 2020

Syrian Forces Recapture Strategic City as Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Warplane
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In Syria, Turkey's military shot down a Syrian fighter jet over southern
Idlib on Tuesday. It was the third such downing of a Syrian warplane in
recent days. Elsewhere, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
retook control of Saraqeb, a strategic city at the crossroads of two
major highways in northwest Syria. Human rights groups say Syria's
Russian-backed offensive in Idlib province has killed at least 300
civilians, while internally displacing nearly 1 million residents,
who've been forced into squalid camps near the Turkish border. This
week, a U.N. investigation found Russia is directly responsible for war
crimes in Idlib, after the Russian Air Force targeted civilian areas for
indiscriminate bombings, including hospitals.


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