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Middle East Zugzwang

... take responsibility for the future of the two key Middle Eastern nations? How will they do so? In early October 2016 Russia once again vetoed the French-drafted resolution on Syria co-sponsored by Spain calling for an end to all military flights over Aleppo. At the same time the Russian draft resolution supporting the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura’s plan for the withdrawal of militants from east Aleppo was voted down as well. On October 27, 2016, the UN Security Council failed ...

16.11.2016

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Syria Talks: The Aleppo Dilemma

... post-transitional period will be marginal. Moscow and Washington are yet to sell the new constitution to Bashar Al Assad and the opposition but it will be a daunting task in part due to the fact that the political process proves hard to launch with Aleppo plunging into another round of violence. On May 5 Russia and the US agreed on a cessation of hostilities in Aleppo for 48 hours. However, rebels ignored the agreement and conducted a major offensive against government-controlled towns underpinning ...

13.05.2016

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U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)