(2023-01-13). Syria's Assad Tells Russia Any Deal With Turkey Must Result in Turkish Withdrawal. news.antiwar.com Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a Russian envoy on Thursday that any rapprochement with Turkey must result in Turkish forces withdrawing from Syrian territory. Alexander Lavrentiev, Russia's special envoy for Syria, was in Damascus discussing Moscow's efforts to broker talks between Ankara and Damascus. His visit came a few weeks after Moscow hosted the Syrian …
(2023-01-12). Military Situation In Syria On January 12, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On January 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 4 in Idlib province, 1 in Aleppo province; | On January 12, a Syrian Republican Guard reportedly was killed by Turkish artillery attacks in the village of Mayasa in the Afrin countryside; | On January 12, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nuran; | On January 12, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in…
(2023-01-12). Meeting Between Turkish, Syrian Foreign Ministers Delayed To February. southfront.org 
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas (not seen) hold a press conference after their meeting at the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara, Turkey on October 26, 2019. IMAGE: Fatih Akta≈ü Anadolu Agency | On January 12, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that he could meet his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad early in February, rejecting reports that the meeting could take place this week or the next. | The meeting will be the next step in…
(2023-01-12). Syrian Army Rains Hell On Militants In Greater Idlib. southfront.org 
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev | Late on January 12, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a series of artillery and rocket strikes on militants' positions in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | The army fired more than a 100 artillery rounds and heavy rockets at positions of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of HTS, and its allies in the eastern Idlib countryside and the western countryside of Aleppo. The results of the intense strikes are yet to be revealed.
(2023-01-12). Militants Escalate Attacks In Northern Syria. southfront.org 
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(2023-01-12). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…