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Turkey shoots down Russian jet fighter, Putin threatens retaliation

This past Wednesday, Turkey shot down a Russian jet fighter via anti-aircraft missile near the Turkish-Syrian border. There are two prevailing accounts of the story that led to this politically-significant event.

According to Turkey, Russia’s presence in Syria has had …

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High-ranking Iranian general killed by ISIS in Syria

As humanitarian hardships worsen and violent conflict spreads like wildfire, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad struggles to maintain its authority. On Friday, Iranian general Hossein Hamedani and 20 other victims were killed by an ISIS-planted car bomb in …

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