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TOPSHOT - Syrians wave their national flags and those of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in a stadium as a Russian-made Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunship hovers above during the funeral for Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine, in the southern city of Suwaida on October 20, 2017. Zahreddine, accused over the 2012 deaths of prominent US journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik, was reportedly killed by an explosion in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on October 18, where Russian-backed regime forces are battling the Islamic State group, was reported by pro-regime media in Damascus. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)