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Anton Mardasov

Anton Mardasov

Nov 2, 2017

Representatives of the Syria regime and rebel groups along with other attendees take part in the session of Syria peace talks in Astana on October 31, 2017.
Russia, Turkey and Iran pledged in Kazakhstan on October 31, 2017 to bring the Syrian regime and its opponents together for a "congress" to help nudge peace efforts towards a more lasting political settlement. / AFP PHOTO / Stanislav FILIPPOV (Photo credit should read STANISLAV FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty Images) — Representatives of the Syria regime and rebel groups along with other attendees take part in the session of Syria peace talks in Astana on Oct. 31, 2017. — GETTY/AFP/Stanislav Filippov

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A general view of a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) delegation and U.N Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, prior to a round of negotiations, during the Intra Syria talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Martial Trezzini/Pool - RC17FABA5450

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Foreign Ministers, Sergei Lavrov (C) of Russia, Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) of Turkey and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, attend the international meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov - UP1EE3G0MJ01P

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