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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after a joint news conference after their talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have reached a deal in which Syrian Kurdish fighters will move 30 kilometers (18 miles) away from a border area in northeast Syria within 150 hours. (Turkish Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin's dreams have just come true

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi on October 22, 2019. (Photo by Sergei CHIRIKOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI CHIRIKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin and Erdogan just did a deal on Syria. The US is the biggest loser.

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from a fire in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Fighting broke out in the morning hours in the Syrian border town which has been a flashpoint in the fight between Turkey and Kurdish forces despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that went into effect overnight. The fighting died down in mid-morning. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Syria's five-day "ceasefire" runs out today

A Lebanese mother told protesters her baby was scared. So they sang 'Baby Shark'

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 18, 2019 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) waving to supporters at his Likud party's electoral campaign headquarters early on September 18, 2019, and Benny Gantz, leader and candidate of the Israel Resilience party that is part of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance, waving to supporters alongside his wife Revital Gantz at the alliance's campaign headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv early on September 18, 2019. - Netanyahu and his main challenger Gantz were locked in a tight race in the country's general election after polls closed, exit surveys showed, raising the possibility of another deadlock. Three separate exit polls carried by Israeli television stations showed Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's centrist Blue and White alliance with between 31 and 34 parliament seats each out of 120. (Photos by Menahem KAHANA and EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA,EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Netanyahu fails again to form new Israeli government, opening door for political rival

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the extended meeting with provincial heads of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara, Turkey on October 10, 2019. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

No longer the obedient NATO ally, Erdogan floats nuclear option

TOPSHOT - An areal view taken on October 20, 2019, shows Lebanese protesters rallying in downtown Beirut, on the fourth day of demonstrations against tax increases and official corruption. - Tens of thousands of Lebanese continued rallying despite calls for calm from politicians and dozens of arrests on October 18, insisting the demonstrations should remain peaceful and non-sectarian, and demanding a sweeping overhaul of Lebanon's political system, citing grievances ranging from austerity measures to poor infrastructure. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Burning tires, brides and 'Baby Shark.' What you need to know about protests engulfing Lebanon

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US troops leave Syria and cross into Iraq where some will stay

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Lebanon's government makes major concessions after weekend of mass protests

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2019 file photo, Syrians who were displaced by the Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria carry their belongings as they walk to receive a tent at the Bardarash refugee camp, north of Mosul, Iraq, An estimated 160,000 Syrians who have fled Turkey's offensive, which began last week after President Donald Trump announced he would move U.S. forces out of the way, abandoning their Kurdish allies. The invasion transformed one of the safest parts of Syria into a war zone, leaving displaced residents with a deep sense of betrayal. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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