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Syria’s Assad says he won’t meet Erdogan until Turkey ends its ‘occupation’

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Thursday he would only meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan when Turkey was ready to completely withdraw its military from northern Syria and restore the situation that existed before the Syrian war. Turkey has been the biggest military and political ally of the Syrian …

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Pentagon Releases Footage of Russian Fighter Jet Colliding with U.S. Drone over Black Sea

The U.S. military’s European Command on Thursday released a video of the recent collision between an American drone and a Russian fighter jet in international airspace over the Black Sea. The footage shows the Russian fighter plane dumping what appears to be jet fuel atop the drone’s flight path. On …

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With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast

In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world’s two leading powers — China and the United States. Riyadh signed a Chinese-facilitated deal aimed at restoring diplomatic ties with its arch-nemesis Iran and then announced a massive contract to buy commercial planes from U.S. manufacturer …

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