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Syria's President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020.

Syria's President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020.

(photo credit: SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

ByKENNETH BANDLER

MARCH 22, 2021 21:07

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