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In this file photo taken on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, looks on in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. As another Syria war anniversary rolls in, the country appears to be at a critical juncture: For the first time in five years, external powers who have poured weapons and fighters into the conflict have signed on to a diplomatic framework to end the war, a two-week-old cease-fire is still holding and peace talks are scheduled to resume next week. But even in a best case scenario, fighting is unlikely to subside for many years. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)
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