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puters into virtual double-agents—which has already infected at least 1,000 computers [1], nearly all of them in Iran, the Palestinian territories, Sudan, Syria, and Lebanon. Two days later, the New York Times published an explosive story by David Sanger detailing the collaboration between Israel an
f the Assad regime would almost inevitably decrease Russian power in the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Syria has hosted Russia's naval base in Tartus for several decades and, since 1971, Syria has been Moscow's closest Arab ally. Syria is the largest Arab purchaser of Russian weapons and is seen
cept far-away Qatar — has so far agreed to accommodate the Hamas headquarters and allow it to operate out of its territory. Egypt, Jordan and even Sudan said no to Mashaal's request. Mashaal has committed himself to retire from the top position, yet he has no intention of doing that. Abandoning th
ia's last opportunity to exert leverage in a region where, since the Cold War's end, almost every other country has turned to Washington for arms. Tartus, the second-largest port in Syria, has been the cornerstone of Russian-Syrian naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians h
intervention in them by international organizations to prevent them turning into breeding grounds for terrorism as Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan did. Given Russia's domestic terror problems, amply publicized at the recent winter Olympics, it should be possible to deal with the Kremlin on thi
ntrymen. Russia ignores European and American disapproval and does what's necessary to maintain its Mediterranean naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, and pretends to continue as a rival to the power of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. The conduct of the United States has been
xcept far-away Qatar — has so far agreed to accommodate the Hamas headquarters and allow it to operate out of its territory. Egypt, Jordan and even Sudan said no to Mashaal's request. Mashaal has committed himself to retire from the top position, yet he has no intention of doing that. Abandoning th
ia's last opportunity to exert leverage in a region where, since the Cold War's end, almost every other country has turned to Washington for arms. Tartus, the second-largest port in Syria, has been the cornerstone of Russian-Syrian naval cooperation since the 1970s. In the past decade, the Russians h
Entities connected to both Sudan and Tartus

United States
LOCATION
Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Yemen
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Prince Andrew
PERSONLeon Black
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Department of Justice
ORGANIZATION
Bloomberg L.P.
ORGANIZATION
Middle East
LOCATION
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
North Korea
LOCATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
Hillary Clinton
PERSON
Vladimir Putin
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATIONKremlin
ORGANIZATION