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Turkey’s Military Intervention in Syria

... the fact that the country patched things up with Russia and carried out mass culls of the armed forces against the backdrop of the military successes of the Kurdish troops. RF Ministry of Defence/Youtube Alexey Khlebnikov: What Did Russian Bombers in Iran Mean? The position of the United States with regard to the Turkish incursion is important because the Kurdish militia was seen in Syria as a force supporting the coalition and leading the fight against Islamic State. Having refused to intervene ...

30.08.2016

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Russia Reaping What It Sows in Syria: Putin Puts Russia on Path to Peril & Destabilizing Middle East; Downing Russian Plane by Turkey Latest Result

... myopic side, you have Putin thinking that risking the ire of almost all the Sunni governments, Sunni people, and Sunni jihadists by helping Shiite Alawite Assad massacre mainly Sunni rebels and civilians with the help of Shiite Hezbollah and Shiite Iran just for Russia's having a naval base on Syria’s coast and a few new bases inside Syria as well as a client in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who accounts for roughly 10% of global Russian arms sales is worth it (oh, and there’s ...

13.12.2015

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U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
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U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)