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In this Sunday Sept. 1, 2019 photo, Syrian Abdel Hamid al-Yousef poses for a picture, at a displaced settlement near the Turkish border called “Mokhayyam al-Karamah,” Arabic for “Dignity Camp,” near the town of Atmeh, in northern Syria. Al-Yousef lost his baby twins, his wife and 16 other relatives in the poison gas attack that hit Syria’s Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017. Determined to continue with his life, he remarried, and has an 11-month-old daughter. But tragedy keeps chasing the 31-year-old former shopkeeper as he recently fled a government assault on Idlib and the nonstop bombardment of Khan Sheikhoun. (AP Photo)

Syrian father who lost twins to poison gas uprooted again

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

This photo provided by the activist-operated Thiqa News Agency, shows part of a Turkish military convoy heading toward the town of Khan Sheikhoun, a rebel-held northwestern town that's part of a government offensive on the country's last rebel stronghold, in Idlib province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. A Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition crossed into northern Syria Monday and moved south through rebel-held areas before it was stopped by airstrikes that struck near the highway where the convoy was moving, opposition activists said. (Thiqa News Agency via AP)

Militants leave key rebel town as Syrian troops push in

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Ibaa News Agency, the media arm of al-Qaida's branch in Syria, purports to show part of a Syrian warplane that was shot down by rebel fighters over Idlib province in Syria, Wednesday, Aug 14, 2019. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the warplane was shot down on the southern edge of Idlib province, while activist Taher al-Omar who has close links with militants said it was a Russian-made SU-22. The caption in Arabic reads: &quot;The remains of the warplane that was shot down by holy warriors of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as part of the Great Conquest operations.&quot; (Ibaa News Agency via AP)

Syrian troops advance in northwest amid intense bombardment

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's arms control and non-proliferation department, speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Ulyanov said Russia would welcome the extension of the U.N.-sponsored investigations into chemical weapons use in Syria, but considers it necessary to amend the ground rules for them. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

US, Russia offer rival measures to pursue Syria violations

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, speaks during a Security Council meeting on Syria at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

UN: chemical experts found sarin exposure in Syria attack

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows Syrian rebels sitting inside a vehicle of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent after they were released as part of a deal to evacuate over 10,000 residents from Madaya and Zabadani, two opposition-held areas near Damascus, and the two rebel-besieged villages of Foua and Kfarya, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Syria's government and rebels exchanged some 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate four besieged areas in different parts of the country, activists and officials said Wednesday. The Arabic words above read:&quot;Handing over the fighter prisoners as part of the exchange deal.&quot; (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: Russia: US attack spurs Syria military solution

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

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Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, gave a forceful condemnation of the latest chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, the Trump administration was confronting another foreign policy crisis over North Korean missiles. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Netanyahu welcomes US attack on Syria base

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This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

The Latest: UN humanitarian chief says $6 billion pledged

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This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

The Latest: Russian says rebel-held town in Syria exposed

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This photo provided Tuesday, April 4, 2017 by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian doctors treating a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

Chemical attack kills dozens in Syria, US blames Assad

By SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press