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Turkey Continues Military Buildup in Syria, Seeking Diplomatic Solution From
Moscow

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - Turkey is deploying tanks and armor in Syria's Idlib
   province as Damascus continues its offensive against the last rebel
   enclave. But in an apparent gesture to Moscow, Ankara is pledging to
   crack down on radical elements in Idlib, along with calls for "a
   lasting cease-fire."

   Damascus's forces are claiming they are advancing against the rebels'
   last stronghold. But in a sign of the intensifying fighting, rebels
   claimed to have to shot down a Syrian government military helicopter
   Friday, the second this week.

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