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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed that Turkey has more than 80,000 armed proxy fighters in Syria, many of whom ...

Afterwards, they use the visa-free regime, enter [Russia] using Turkish passports and eventually dissolve." Putin said it was the main reason to scrap Russia’s visa-free regime with Turkey.