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of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional security and development arrangement focused on Central Asia. (In a coincidence of scheduling, Hillary Clinton was meeting some of her allies on the Syrian issue in Istanbul at the same time.) How to handle Syria, Iran and the U.S. were topics for discussion

n Central Asia. (In a coincidence of scheduling, Hillary Clinton was meeting some of her allies on the Syr

o allow intervention in Syria? Assad would still be one of Moscow's principal allies in the Middle East. Russia would still have port facilities at Tartus. It would still want to protect the principle that a government can suppress popular demonstrations by any means it chooses, including the kinds of

s, after he runs for president again in EFTA00660803 March. The Russian people weren't happy. But Mr. Putin blamed protests on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Like his friend in Damascus, Mr. Putin also sees a Western plot behind every popular democratic uprising. Artick 2. The Daily Beast Syria: The

Mr. Putin blamed protests on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Like his friend in Damascus, Mr. Putin

has signed a $550 million contract to sell Syria 36 combat jets. Two weeks ago, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov called at the Syrian port of Tartus and, according to reports, dropped off a few tons of ammunitions. The Russians have a stronger stomach for the Syrian's brutality than does the Ar

ion continues to express deep misgivings about sending weapons, claiming that the Syrian opposition is too much of a black box. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently expressed concerns that the weapons could flow to terrorist groups such as al Qaeda or Hamas. But the Saudis have run out of patience. The

n is too much of a black box. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently expressed concerns that the wea

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

f the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. The conduct of the United States has been much harder to follow and justify. It started with Hillary Clinton infamously referring to Assad as "a reformer." It then morally supported the dissidents because they were clearly the majority, and because the ove

ch harder to follow and justify. It started with Hillary Clinton infamously referring to Assad as "a refo

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

tion continues to express deep misgivings about sending weapons, claiming that the Syrian opposition is too much of a black box. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently expressed concerns that the weapons could flow to terrorist groups such EFTA00686806 as al Qaeda or Hamas. But the Saudis have run out o

n is too much of a black box. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently expressed concerns that the wea

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

tensions between the two countries, not to mention the two officials. According to State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried repeatedly on Tuesday to reach her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. He avoided her calls for twenty-four hours. Meanwhile Lavrov, who was

nt spokesman Victoria Nuland, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried repeatedly on Tuesday to reach her

he United States lacks after letting the Mubarak regime go down quickly. The real question is whether Russia will keep the Soviet-era naval base in Tartus on Syria's Mediterranean coast. While the disagreement on Libya led to Russia's abstention in the Security Council and was soon forgotten, the spa

evied against third-party purchasers of Iranian oil and to the ban, imposed July 1, by the EU against Iranian exports to Europe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared, "Iran's leaders will understand even more fully the urgency of the choice they face." Stretching for an historical analogy, the New York

st Iranian exports to Europe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared, "Iran's leaders will understan

ent in 2009 by killing hundreds, not thousands.) The Russians require stability in Damascus only partly for the sake of naval rights in the port of Tartus. Syria and Iran are the two remaining levers the Kremlin has in the Middle East. Moreover, the collapse of a pro-Moscow dictatorship in the Middle