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icle 1. <file:///ClUsers/Efrat=20Elron/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Conte=t.IES/NXRD KT39/11%20May.doc#a> NYT Why=Putin Can't Solve Syria David Rohde <http://rendezvous.blo=s.nytimes.com/author/david-rohde/> Article 2. <file:///ClUsers/Efrat=20EI ron/AppData/Local/M
eing are low but Mr. Kerry d=serves credit for securing a small diplomatic step forward here. The problem is that Mr. Lavrov =nd his boss, President Vladimir Putin, may be unable to deliver on Mr. Ass=d. For nearly two years, Mr. lavro= and Mr. Putin have served as the Syrian leaders' chief diplomatic allie= bu
roblem is that Mr. Lavrov =nd his boss, President Vladimir Putin, may be unable to deliver on Mr. Ass=d. Fo
ing between Syria's Alawite regime and the Sunni=led rebellion would remain within the country's borders. Syria is at once the pivot and a mirror of the Fertile Crescent, =nd its sectarian and ethnic fissures reproduce themselves in neighboring A=ab states. As an oddly passive President Obama ponders what he might d
principle of the EFTA_R1_00229089 EFTA01842288 world powers geting together and authorizing, under UN auspices, an intervention. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doesn't feel good about that. If they have to run their country the way they feel that they have to run it, they don't somehow want an authorizati
uspices, an intervention. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doesn't feel good about that. If they have to ru
der UN auspices, an intervention. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doesn't feel good about that. If they have
am Hussein, are now making amends. They are also closely aligning with Turkey to balance Iranian influence inside Iraq. Turkish-Iranian rivalry in the Fertile Crescent has opened up a can of worms: Iranian leaders attack Turkey's "secular Islam" and threaten to "strike Turkey" should Ankara act on its commitment
ger to work with America on missile defense and integration within the West. It also ignored that reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, China is angry and confused that the U.S. suddenly warns it to behave in the Pacific, after turning a
entially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhile, Chi
reset essentially undid the punishments accorded Vladimir Putin for his 2008 invasion of Georgia. Meanwhil
remarkable consolidation of Sunni sentiment against the Shi'a as Iran and its allies make gains. The disparate Sunni terrorist and tribal groups in the Fertile Crescent have united, for now, under the banner of ISIS, which shook the region and the world by routing Iraq's army and occupying much of the country. Mea
Entities connected to both Vladimir Putin and the Fertile Crescent

Barack Obama
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Lebanon
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Middle East
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Bashar al-Assad
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Damascus
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Jerusalem
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Saddam Hussein
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Ehud Barak
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Baghdad
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United Nations
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Chile
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Tunisia
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Los Angeles Times
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Kuwait
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Tel Aviv
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