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Turkey, Iran step up coordination in Syria

Once unthinkable, an emerging consensus is developing between Ankara and Tehran in Syria, as Washington and Moscow try to keep pace; Iraqi Kurdish sources signal that it could be possible to delay a Kurdish independence referendum for a “short time.”

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Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Iran’s chief of general staff, is welcomed by his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar (L), during his official visit to the Turkish General Staff headquarters in Ankara, Aug. 15, 2017. — STR/AFP/Getty Image

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