Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2020. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
AMMAN/BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) - Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the country's northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the area.
The Syrian government's recent advances in the northwestern region have upset a fragile cooperation between Ankara and Moscow, which back opposing factions in the conflict but have collaborated towards a political solution to the nearly nine-year war.
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