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Still from footage showing surface to air missiles launched by Syrian military in Homs, Syria July 1, 2019.

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U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar during a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol Building in St Paul, Minnesota, August 19, 2019.

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Vladimir Putin inspects an assembly department of the Ufa Engine Industrial Association plant in Ufa, January 24, 2018.

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