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"Now we are being threatened with ethics violations," Rep. Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, told the news outlet. "We, as sitting members of Congress, with jurisdiction over the witness, and over military aid, are being threatened." [..]

"We simply very calmly walked into the room, sat down, and were ready to hear the proceedings," Waltz added. "Adam Schiff got up and left — with the witness."[..]

The House Republicans argued that lawmakers, not just members of the three House committees overseeing the inquiry, should be able to attend the closed-door hearings.

"He doesn't have the guts to come talk to us," Marshall said of Schiff. "He left, he just got up and left. He doesn't have the guts to tell us why we can't come in the room, why he doesn't want this to be transparent. It's the biggest facade, biggest farce of my life."

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Russia would not want a new round of complications in northeast Syria due to a US decision to send additional forces there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

"We would not like new complications. The work that has been done at the level of the leadership of Russia and Turkey in recent days, the results of the negotiations in Sochi should not tempt anyone to reformat or change something again," he said.

The contradictory signals the US has sent regarding Syria may indicate a desire to maintain conditions that allow for continued pressure on Damascus, Sergei Ryabkov added.

"We are very definitely worried that the signals from the White House may reflect the same attitude: to preserve the conditions for continuing multi-component pressure on the legitimate authorities in Damascus," he said. "This is the moment we don't agree and we can't agree with the United States on the situation."

Turkish forces and their allied militants attacked Syrian government troops in the northeastern part of the country on Thursday, and also clashed with Kurdish militias, as both Ankara and Kurds have claimed they will abide by a cease-fire following a Russian-Turkish agreement on Tuesday.

Syrian government forces confronted on Thursday an attack by Ankara-backed militants on Kowzaliyah and Tel Laban in Tel Tamar region in the northwestern countryside of Hasaka, inflicting heavy losses on the invaders.

Militants supported by Ankara attempted to expand their presence in the Ras Al-Ain area, despite the ongoing agreement that was established by the Turkish and Russian Presidents on Tuesday. At the Tal Tamar front, AMN reported, both the Syrian Army and Kurdish fighters took on the Ankara-backed militants who were attempting to advance into the district from southeast Ras Al-Ain.

Later, the state-run news agency SANA reported that Turkey-supported militants continued their aggression on Syrian territories and occupied al-Manajir village in Tel Tamar region after shelling the area with artillery and heavy weapons - a clear violation of the new Sochi agreement that was established by the Russian and Turkish governments.

Heavy clashes also take place at the towns of Al-Asadiyah and Jafah following the Kurdish militias' refusal to withdraw from the area in favor of the Turkish military, but no advances have been made by Ankara and its forces.

A military source stated that the Syrian Army has sent reinforcements to the area to prevent any attempts by the Turkish-backed militants in the future. Later, the Damascus government deployed its tank units from Hasaka city to the Tal Tamar District to confront Ankara-backed militants that continue to attack the Syrian Army's positions near the Turkish border.

The Associated Press reported that the assault by Turkish troops and its allied militants outside the town of Tal Tamar has resulted in Syrian casualties. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has also announced that three of its fighters were killed while fighting Ankara-backed militias.

Mazloum Abdi, commander of the SDF, tweeted that Turkish troops and their militants "continue to violate and launch attacks". Turkey's Defense Ministry reported that Kurdish militias attacked Turkish troops in Ras al-Ain, wounding five soldiers. Ankara announced its military responded "within the framework of self-defense", without elaborating, according to AP.