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Ankara will be against any anti-Iran efforts progressing into large-scale military conflict Iran has long been a headache for U.S. strategic planning in the ... ... U.S. plans to limit Iranian expansion in the Middle East. Yulia Sveshnikova, Hamidreza Azizi: War of Interests for Peace in Syria Washington's concerns over rising Iranian influence following the nuclear deal were prompted by several trends. The primary ...
A Regional Rumble in Syria Israel’s National Security: What’s at issue? Since its foundation, Israel has based its defense calculations on two ... ... existential security. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) feels that deterrence is the best strategy to discourage states (such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc.) and substate actors (such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic State [Da’esh], Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ...
... immediate competitor of the North-South transportation corridor, but still it is an alternative logistics project that is implemented without Russia’s participation. Khamenei’s Signals to Russia Irina Fedorova: Hypertension between Iran and the USA Russia and Iran have become indispensable political and military partners in the Syrian war, which is accompanied by an unprecedented, in recent history, amount of military contacts and information exchange. Both sides agree that this "marriage of convenience" that arose with the need to fight against common threats in Syria,...
What Will the Washington—Tehran Psychological Warfare Bring? Jahangir Karami: Iran 2017: Election Race and Outcomes In the first half of 2017 American-Iranian contradictions ... ... missile development program, and of aggressive politics in West Asia. Iran's actions in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, as well as the support for Hezbollah and Hamas cause... ... economic, political, and military influence in the region. Does something happening ten thousand kilometers from the borders of the United States pose threat on their national...
... Lavrov, appeasement of the West at the expense of Russian national interests is over. On the contrary, Russia’s operation in Syria, which began in the fall of 2015, poses a fresh challenge to the U.S.-dominated order. Moscow has broken a post–Cold War ... ... importance as a power to be reckoned with globally. Moscow’s engagement with the West on issues such as Ukraine, Syria, or Iranian and North Korean nuclear matters is geared to these priorities. With the Minsk II agreement of February 2015, Moscow ...
... support of the revanchist sentiments harbored by Iran and by the “party of war” in Damascus. The implications of such an accusation cannot be ignored. *** Despite the fact that the agreement between the United States and Russia officially came into being ... ... July, there is so far no clarity as to what it actually entails. There remain questions as to how the ceasefire in the south of Syria will be monitored, what the parties' positions are on Iran's involvement, and how the fight on the radicals will be carried out in a way that would not affect the “healthy” part ...
... global war on terrorism? Will the Islamic State movement really be destroyed in Iraq and Syria? Or will it simply drift like a nomad to other regions, into the Russian Caucasus... ... Taliban, U.S. officials have accused Russia of providing arms to the Taliban, an accusation that has been officially denied by Moscow. Will it be possible to achieve a... ... with such a scenario? The Question of Qatar As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran intensifies throughout the ‘wider Middle East,’ U.S. and Russian mediation...
... decision was made in part as a response to the tensions between the United States and Turkey that have been caused by the accusations that the United States is “harbouring” Fethullah Gülen. And we cannot ignore the fact that Turkey recently held talks with Russia and Iran, allies that support the Bashar al-Assad regime. The words of Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yıldırım, who called for “a new page” to be opened in the history of Syria – one that would involve Turkey, Iran, Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states – ...
Two and a half months after Russia and the United States announced a ceasefire in Syria the situation on the ground continues to be highly volatile. Despite a string ... ... civilian casualties. Just like weeks ago Assad and opposition groups keep trading accusations blaming each other for violations of the truce and the lack of true commitment... ... Russians and Arabs: in Search of a New Modus Vivendi As a result of the offensive Iran suffered one of the largest single-day losses in Syria with IRGC losing 13 soldiers...
... in Russia and beyond were stunned by the surprise end of Moscow’s operation in Syria. In fact, the Kremlin has achieved its key military and political goals, and with... ... operation’s launch, Mr. Putin insisted that IS was manned by five to seven thousand natives from Russia and other CIS countries, while upon its termination, Russian... ... completion of the Tehran nuclear deal when the prospect of a peripheral war against Iran moved to the backburner. As a result, the United States virtually franchised Syria...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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