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A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighter, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, stands carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder while behind him a large flag of Turkey is seen in the background, during a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials from the Turkey-backed opposition, at a camp in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Aleppo province, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)

A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighter, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, stands carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder while behind him a large flag of Turkey is seen in the background, during a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials from the Turkey-backed opposition, at a camp in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Aleppo province, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighter stands carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder next to a flag of the Syrian opposition during a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials from the Turkey-backed opposition, at a camp in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Aleppo province, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)

A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighter stands carrying an assault rifle on his shoulder next to a flag of the Syrian opposition during a military parade marking the graduation of a new batch of cadets and attended by officials from the Turkey-backed opposition, at a camp in the Afrin region in the rebel-held northern countryside of Aleppo province, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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