... expand by recruiting brothers, training them in the Middle East or Pakistan, and sending them back to Europe ... ...
which was pre-millenarian. By the same token, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi independently developed a form of jihad ... ... With this support, they established a network in Syria and Iraq which eventually became the Caliphate.... ... them to build a mechanism that would lead to the Islamic State and to the Caliphate which was proclaimed ... ... boots on the ground: the 2015 JCPOA agreement allowed Russia to increase presence in Syria and send forces ...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
... ... impact domestic politics and popular attitudes. Accusations of interference in the electoral systems raise ... ... Russia generally agree on the need to control the Islamic State. However, there has been a significant ... ... April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military ... ... Romania, as well as in Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East.
How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive ...
The Syrian army finally regained control over Palmyra, one of the key ... ... area is somewhat isolated, being located far away from the major Islamic State-controlled territories along the Euphrates. With ... ... forces to east Homs and launch a military operation in Palmyra.
Russia’s role in this offensive was crucial. Until spring ... ...
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Andrey Kortunov:
Post-Syrian Russia and Middle East
Apart from the overall geopolitical benefit, Moscow ...
... every coin. Over many decades this approach suited both parties in that convoluted Middle Eastern system that operates to a brutal but still clear-cut pattern. But the... ... U.S. lobbying USD 3.66 billion.
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Boris Dolgov, Omar Mahmood:
The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC
Perspectives
The U.S. allies largely share the same needs, i.e. security... ... their ground, with the State Department laconically responding “the Saudi refusal is their own business.” However, analysts believe that Riyadh gave up its...
There is no doubt that Moscow understands that Syria will no longer be the way it once was, neither in terms of ... ... governed in the future.
The first substantive meeting between the Russian and US presidents turned out to be as successful as it ... ... that both leaders are speaking about a coalition to combat the Islamic State points to different, not coinciding, approaches, ... ... not clear. The main reproach Obama constantly hears is that his Middle East policy is inconsistent, that it is unclear whether ...
