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                      Putin Visits Tehran for Syria Talks

   by VOA News

   Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Tehran for talks with
   Iranian leaders about the crisis in Syria.

   On his first trip to Iran in eight years, Putin met with Supreme Leader
   Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, as Russia nears a third month of
   military engagement in the conflict.

   The discussions come on a sidelines of a one-day trip to Iran for a
   summit of gas-exporting countries.

   Tehran and Moscow have supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in
   the ongoing civil war that has crippled the country since 2011 and
   killed over 250,000 people. The violence has displaced millions more.

   ''On September 30, Russia's military launched its first airstrikes
   against Islamic State militants, in addition to fighting other groups.
   Some of these groups are moderate Syrian groups supported by U.S.-led
   airstrikes and opposed to Assad.
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