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Why Erdogan is reaching out to 'Butcher' Assad
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be getting closer to a meeting, after years of estrangement. CNN's Scott McLean explains why Erdogan is meeting the man he once sought to overthrow.

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