Satellite images released this week showed a build up of Russian fighter jets, tanks and helicopters at Syria's Latakia airbase. Around 500 Russian troops, reportedly including dozens of troops who had been fighting in Ukraine are camped at the base. Thousands of reinforcements are reportedly on their way.
Meanwhile, the exodus of Syrian refugees into Europe has added urgency to finding a political settlement to the Syrian conflict.
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