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Russia's Stake In The Middle East Explained
Topic Started: Jun 4 2018, 04:51 PM (5 Views)
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The Russian Gordian Knot begins to unravel

http://www.atimes.com/russian-gordian-knot-begins-to-unravel-in-middle-east/

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An astonishing recent declaration by the president, however, at the Russian equivalent of the Davos conclave, in St Petersburg, casts a whole new light on the country’s involvement in the Middle East, which in recent years has become more and more extensive.

Putin said two completely unexpected things: first, that Iran
should evacuate its forces from Syria and stop interfering with
events in the northern Arab arc (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon). Second,
and equally startling, he said that Israel has a right to defend its
borders, whether in the north or in the south (Hezbollah and
Hamas territories respectively). All this within a few days of a
meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who can now claim yet another foreign policy success.


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Putin is interested in one overriding objective in the Middle East, and
that is developing and protecting his naval and air bases on the
Syrian coast. Anything that puts that deployment in jeopardy
he will oppose. Iran’s rampaging around the area is unhelpful
and the Assad regime in Damascus is no longer in danger of
imminent collapse.

The Assad regime owes its survival to Russia and knows it. It
also knows that under the present circumstances, Russia can deploy
its naval and air assets without hindrance from anyone.
As far as Russia is concerned, Iran has performed its function in
Syria of assisting in the survival of the Assad regime and its
continued presence is unhelpful. Therefore, the Iranians should
go.
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