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Many outside observers view the Russian military buildup in Syria as a way for President Putin to force his way through to the negotiating table with Barack Obama ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. There is some truth to that. To be effective, diplomacy should be backed by facts on the ground,...
The presence of Russian military specialists in Syria, previously quite obvious, has surprisingly made headlines of the world media in recent weeks. Many discovered the existence of what some mistakenly called a “Russian military base” in Syria’s Tartus and the presence of Russian military advisors ...
... importance, as it indicates Riyadh’s serious intention to improve relations with Russia. As is widely known, Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the Saudi king’s invitation to visit Riyadh. An impressive number of leaders of various Syrian opposition groups also visited Moscow this month. The consultations did not reveal any fundamental change in the Kremlin’s Syria policy, but they did reveal the willingness of Russian diplomacy to have more frequent contact with the opposition....
... in St. Petersburg, the Crown Prince also met with President Vladimir Putin. In fact, that was the first major official delegation from Saudi Arabia to Russia since 2011, when bilateral relations were virtually frozen over fundamental differences on Syria. Saudi Arabia’s new leaders genuinely want to diversify their international political and economic ties, and Russia may appear attractive due to its prominent role in the energy market and established relations with Iran, Syria, Iraq and Yemen ...
A Sensible Grading of Obama’s Middle East Strategy: The Syrian Civil War Grading Obama on what has—and has not—been done by his administration regarding the Syrian Civil War By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981) August 3rd, 2015 Reuters Originally published on LinkedIn ...
The events that took place on the border between Turkey and Syria in late July 2015 prompted Ankara to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). What is the significance of the decision? On July 20, 2015, a suicide bomber attacked the Kurdish Amara Culture Centre in the city of Suruc,...
On July 20, 2015 the Turkish city of Suruc on the border with Syria fell victim to an horrific terrorist attack that took the lives of more than 30 people and injured another 100 — young activists of the left-wing Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (Sosyalist Gençlik Derneği Federasyonu – ...
... acquired a new strategic character. The crisis in relations between Russia and the West and a pivot to the East The development of Russian-Turkish relations in 2014 was largely due to a number of international events, first of all, the situation in Syria and Ukraine, as well as the reaction of the world community to them. With regards to the conflict in Syria, Russia and Turkey originally belonged to opposing camps. That which included Russia insisted on involving government forces in the political ...
... White House. Although the American presence on Saudi territory provides Riyadh with a sense of security, true faith in allied guarantees is gone. Moreover, since the greater part of the dialogue between Russia and the Gulf states has been focused on Syria with Moscow's stance coming across as the most principled, the Saudis tend to think (reasonably or not) that the solution to the Syria conundrum should be sought in Moscow rather than in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pixstream Yuri Barmin: ...
... 21st, 2015 Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse here and also published by Stupidparty Math v. Myth thanks to Patrick Andendall and by Tuck Magazine. Other articles in this series: Grading Obama’s Middle East Strategy (Sensibly): Part II: Syria The cocks who crow “failure” every time the sun rises about the Obama Administration’s overall Middle East strategy—and we will be hearing their mindless crowing at its highest decibels since the competition within the ...
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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