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Syrian Forces Recapture Strategic City as Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Warplane

HeadlineMar 04, 2020

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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