Syria ready for truce, Assad stays, US is left out
President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Syrian government and rebels have signed a truce deal and are ready to
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Putin Heaps First Obstacle for Trump in the Middle East
Vladimir Putin began flexing a muscle for testing US President-elect Donald Trump when he invited the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad
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Russian role in Aleppo’s fall impacts US politics
Aleppo’s fall to the Assad regime with the surrender Thursday, Dec. 15, of the Syrian rebel forces locked in a
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With One Phone Call, Trump Fits China into his Evolving Policy Toolbox
When taken together, Donald Trump’s groundbreaking phone conversation with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and his outreach to Russian President Vladimir
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US, Russia on brink of military showdown in Syria
There is a sense in Washington and Moscow alike that a military showdown between the US and Russia is inevitable
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How the Radical Nusra Chief Upset the Obama-Putin Applecart for Syria
The fatal blow to the US-Russian military cooperation and truce deal for Syria was not delivered by the Syrian dictator
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Russia: Dissolve US-Arab-Israeli Syria war room
In another move to grab control of the Syrian arena, the Kremlin marked the start of the US-Russian brokered ceasefire
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How Syria, Ukraine crises tie in with US elections
Instead of grappling with global crises, the G20 summit taking place in Hangzhou, China, is revealed as having been turned
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US and Russia on Verge of Separate No-Fly Zones in Syria
In the face of the optimistic words of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook warned on
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How a French-Saudi Scheme Tricked Palestinian Abbas into Fatally Provoking Iran
By a single covert meeting with Tehran’s arch-enemy, the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas aka Abu Mazen put himself at
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