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FILE - Syrians celebrate at the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster at the central square in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Syrians celebrate at the first Friday prayers since Bashar Assad's ouster at the central square in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - A Russian military jet lands at sunrise at Hemeimeem air base in Syria on Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva, File)

FILE - A Russian military jet lands at sunrise at Hemeimeem air base in Syria on Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose for photos during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they pose for photos during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a working session of the NATO summit in Washington, on July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a working session of the NATO summit in Washington, on July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on April 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on April 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria on Dec. 12, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria on Dec. 12, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government of Bashar Assad collapses in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government of Bashar Assad collapses in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watch troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, on Dec. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watch troops at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, on Dec. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Ukrainian forces shoot toward Russian positions at the front line in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, on Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Ukrainian forces shoot toward Russian positions at the front line in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, on Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)