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From left, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin and Lt. Gen. Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov attend a briefing in the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2017. Russia's military says the agreement setting up four de-escalation zones in Syria will go into effect at midnight. The military also says the deal, which was signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey in Kazakhstan the day before, could be extended to more areas of the war-torn country. The sign on top of the map reads Syrian safe zones. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Syria Violence Kills 4

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressMay 7, 2017

This photo provided by Hawar News Agency, a Kurdish-run news agency, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows fighters from the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces attending the funeral procession of 18 of their comrades, who were killed Tuesday by a misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition, in Tal al-Abyad, northeast Syria, Thursday, April 13, 2017. U.S. Central Command said coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces, for a strike intended to target Islamic State militants south of their Tabqa stronghold. (Hawar News Agency via AP)

Misdirected U.S. Strike Kills 18 Allied Fighters

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 13, 2017

A Syrian man pulls their belongings after he was evacuated with his family from Aleppo, near Idlib, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track.(AP Photo)

Deal Reached That Could Restart Aleppo Evacuation

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressDecember 18, 2016

A rainbow appears after a heavy rain over the Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syrian Troops Push Into Aleppo

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressDecember 3, 2016

FILE -- This Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), shows Syrian boys dive into a hole filled with water that was caused by a missile attack in the rebel-held neighborhood of Sheikh Saeed in Aleppo province, Syria. Residents in the rebel-held districts of Aleppo have a reprieve from the incessant bombings by Syrian government warplanes and the promise of an end to the crippling siege that has left produce stalls bare. (Aleppo Media Center via AP, File)

Syrian Truce Fraying With More Bombing

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressSeptember 18, 2016

This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Local Council of Daraya City, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows truck of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent SARC that carry food and other supplies enter the besieged town of the rebel-held suburb of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, Syria, early Friday, June 10, 2016. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the United Nations have delivered food aid to the Damascus suburb of Daraya for the first time since it came under siege in 2012, hours after the U.N. said the Syrian government had approved access to 15 of the 19 besieged areas within Syria. (Local Council of Daraya City via AP)

Islamic State Under Siege In N. Syria

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressJune 10, 2016

IS Frees Most of 300 Abducted Cement Workers Kills 4

by Bassem Mroue Associated PressApril 9, 2016

Retaking Syria’s Palmyra Reveals Shattered Antiquities

by Albert Aji Associated Press, and Bassem Mroue Associated PressMarch 29, 2016