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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers his annual end-of-year press conference at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on January 20, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP via Getty Images)
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Reports had quoted Lavrov as saying that Syria has abandoned the issue of trying Assad, while the Russian minister only said the case had been dormant.

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30 January, 2026
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