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After gains in northern Syria, Assad predicts total victory

by Associated Press
| February 17, 2020 9:05 AM

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulated his forces Monday for recent gains in northwestern Syria that led to his troops consolidating control over Aleppo province, pledging to press ahead with a military campaign to achieve complete victory “sooner or later.”

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