Diplomatic efforts. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts about the situation in Syria, where rebels (including Turkish-backed factions) seized control of the second-largest city, Aleppo, last week. According to the Turkiye Gazetesi news site, Syrian President Bashar Assad has reached out to Ankara through two different intermediaries […]
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Daily Memo: Developments in Syria
The country's second-largest city is no longer under the regime's control.
