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| ('washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html', 71)      | The same tactics , researchers said , helped Russia shape international opinions about its 2014 annexation of Crimea and its >>>military intervention in Syria<<< , which started last year .                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/09/21/these-are-the-28-jets-russia-now-has-in-syria/', 2)                                                                                    | Russian warplanes >>>launched airstrikes<<< in Syria on Sept. 30 , a U.S. official said , shortly after the country 's parliament authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force in the conflict .                                                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/09/21/these-are-the-28-jets-russia-now-has-in-syria/', 7)                                                                                    | [ >>>Russia begins conducting airstrikes in Syria<<< ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/09/30/anatomy-of-a-russian-airstrike-in-syria/', 0)                                                                                          | After a rapid buildup of equipment and aircraft in Syria , Russian forces >>>began bombing targets<<< across the country Wednesday .                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/01/why-donald-trump-is-praising-vladimir-putin/', 2)                                                                                         | Two days after Vladimir Putin told the United Nations on Monday that it was an " enormous mistake " not to cooperate with the Syrian government in its fight against the Islamic State , Russian warplanes >>>began<<< hitting targets in the country -- and not necessarily targets that were the location of Islamic State fighters . |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/30/why-russias-syria-war-is-bad-news-for-the-u-s-and-why-it-isnt/', 2)                                                                    | Russian warplanes are >>>conducting airstrikes<<< now in Syria , according to a slew of news reports .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/30/why-russias-syria-war-is-bad-news-for-the-u-s-and-why-it-isnt/', 20)                                                                   | " Russia will factually be the only country to carry out this operation on the legitimate basis of the request of the legitimate government of Syria , " >>>said<<< Putin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Wednesday , gesturing to the supposed " illegality " of the U.S. air war in Syria .                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/30/why-russias-syria-war-is-bad-news-for-the-u-s-and-why-it-isnt/', 63)                                                                   | This prospect likely explains >>>the somewhat cagey response<<< of top Western diplomats to Wednesday 's news of the Russian airstrikes .                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/10/07/russia-has-its-permanent-airbase-in-syria-now-its-looking-at-cuba-and-vietnam/', 31)                                                   | >>>Russia begins airstrikes in Syria ; U.S. warns of new concerns in conflict<<<                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-putin-speak-by-phone-say-theyll-work-together-to-improve-relations/2016/11/14/242f44c2-aa90-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html', 47)               | In September 2015 , one year after the United States began bombing Islamic State targets in Syria , Putin >>>ordered Russian jets into operation<<< against " terrorist " targets there .                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/battle-rages-for-palmyra-as-islamic-state-is-poised-to-retake-control/2016/12/11/396552ea-bf9a-11e6-afd9-f038f753dc29_story.html', 29)                         | Since launching >>>bombing raids on Assad 's behalf<<< in September 2015 , the Russian air force has been accused by human rights groups of targeting civilian areas in most provinces across Syria .                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/britain-poised-to-join-air-campaign-against-islamic-state-in-syria/2015/12/02/60722c5a-97aa-11e5-aca6-1ae3be6f06d2_story.html', 47)                            | Syrian warplanes , meanwhile , lately have been >>>joined by Russian jets<<< , which have aggressively targeted groups opposed to the government of President Bashar al-Assad .                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/europe/during-iran-visit-putin-pushes-for-political-settlement-to-syrian-conflict/2015/11/23/8f8bc476-91ea-11e5-befa-99ceebcbb272_story.html', 5)              | In his first visit to Iran since 2007 , Putin met for more than 90 minutes with the country 's supreme leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , a key ally who has provided muscle on the ground to augment Russian air power in Moscow 's nearly >>>two-month-old intervention<<< in the Syrian civil war .                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/europe/kerry-to-ask-for-putins-help-in-syrian-negotiations/2015/12/14/9158f31c-9eb7-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html', 20)                                    | To Washington 's consternation , >>>Russian airstrikes in Syria<<< — which Moscow began in late September — are still largely trained on rebel fighters opposed to Assad and backed by the United States and its allies , in effect propping him up rather than targeting Islamic State strongholds .                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/europe/netanyahu-urgesputin-to-block-iranian-power-corridor-on-israels-border/2017/03/09/3681c966-04d5-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html', 13)                 | Ever since >>>Russia entered Syrian territory two years ago<<< , Israel has repeatedly emphasized to Putin its red lines regarding Iran and the groups it supports — Lebanon 's Hezbollah and other Shiite militias involved in the fighting in Syria .                                                                                 |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-the-perpetual-spoiler-tries-his-hand-at-a-peace-process/2017/01/24/20c23eae-e17f-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html', 16)                          | Russia " can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world , " he told the U.N. General Assembly in a 2015 speech , days before >>>announcing his intervention<<< in Syria                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/deadly-airstrikes-in-syria-further-strain-cease-fire-as-peace-talks-near-collapse/2016/04/22/2e56c96e-0899-11e6-b283-e79d81c63c1b_story.html', 10) | With the cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia under strain , the United States said this week that it was concerned about reports that Russia was rebuilding its military capabilities in Syria , where it began a >>>military intervention last fall<<< intended to boost Assad , a longtime ally .                     |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russia-blames-israel-after-its-reconnaissance-plane-downed-by-syrian-air-defense/2018/09/18/5d676634-bb19-11e8-b1c5-7a2126bc722c_story.html', 6)   | Russia , which began carrying out airstrikes in support of the Syrian government in >>>September 2015<<< , is one of President Bashar al-Assad 's strongest allies in a war that has entangled competing international powers .                                                                                                         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-rebel-commander-reportedly-killed-in-russian-airstrike/2015/12/25/2db59b60-ab25-11e5-b596-113f59ee069a_story.html', 16)                     | Russia has shifted the momentum of the Syrian war since its military >>>intervention<<< in support of Assad in late September , but Moscow 's large-scale air campaign has not delivered dramatic results .                                                                                                                             |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-summons-us-envoy-amid-reports-of-weapons-aid-to-syrian-kurds/2015/10/14/10bdf322-7272-11e5-ba14-318f8e87a2fc_story.html', 6)                | >>>Russia began launching airstrikes<<< against Syrian rebels on Sept. 30 in a bid to strengthen President Bashar al-Assad , its embattled ally .                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/nanny-accused-of-beheading-moscow-child-cites-revenge-for-syria-airstrikes/2016/03/03/c8f83049-7236-42f1-a98c-e6d540b30f97_story.html', 4)                     | A nanny accused of decapitating a 4-year-old girl in her care and brandishing the severed head at a Moscow metro station has said that she was avenging the deaths of Muslims in >>>Russia 's campaign in Syria<<<                                                                                                                      |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-and-russia-agree-to-air-safety-measures-to-prevent-conflict-in-syria/2015/10/20/1ed8525e-7754-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html', 2)      | In a reflection of the distrust and tension between Moscow and Washington , it took about three weeks to negotiate the basic protocols , despite the heightened risk of an international incident in Syria since Russia >>>began its military intervention<<< there last month .                                                        |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/notorious-lebanese-militant-reported-killed-in-airstrike-outside-syrian-capital/2015/12/20/07153e67-ed03-4fba-8bbd-a8936ef70422_story.html', 53)               | In late September , >>>Russia began airstrikes<<< , which hit Syrian rebel groups .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/russia-says-it-is-suspending-attacks-against-syrias-al-qaeda-franchise/2016/05/25/afd236b0-a40a-475e-af5c-030ee541a77f_story.html', 11)                        | Rebel fighters contacted by telephone , however , denied any communication with Russia , which >>>began a campaign of airstrikes<<< last fall on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/syrias-assad-holds-elections-despite-peace-talks-in-geneva/2016/04/13/2883ceec-00e2-11e6-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html', 17)                                    | The vote may also be viewed as a snub to Russia , an important ally of Assad that >>>has intervened militarily in the Syrian conflict<<< and given a crucial boost to government forces .                                                                                                                                               |
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