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Putin Holds Surprise Meeting With Assad, Will Call Trump By Phone Later Tuesday

• zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

...this week to outline the terms of an end to the Middle Eastern country's bloody civil war. The two leaders discussed the political process in Syria, with the Russian leader saying that the fight against terrorism in the crisis-stricken country is close to completion. Perhaps even more notably, Putin said he would speak by phone with President Donald Trump later Tuesday.

Assad's visit, which wasn't publicly announced until the following day, echoed a similar trip to Russia that he made in 2015 shortly after Putin launched his air and ground campaign in Syria. The campaign turned the tide in the war in favor of the embattled Syrian president, whom western nations have long sought to see removed.


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