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7 war by capturing the Golan Heights. With that high ground the Israelis could comfortably gaze into Syria, and on a clear day they could even see Damascus. The Israelis were confident of their air superiority over the Syrian air force given the results of their air battles in 1982, in which Israel dow
ama tends to create his own foreign policy headaches David Ignatius May 7, 2014 -- It's painful watching the YouTube video of President Obama in Manila last week, talking about hitting singles and doubles in foreign policy. Everything he says is measured, and most of it is correct. But he acts as i
's rise is stirring concerns in some neighboring countries and in the wider international community that the fall of the minority Alawite regime in Damascus would be followed by the ascent of a Sunni Islamist government, extending into a volatile region a trend set in Egypt and Tunisia. In those countri
of oil and natural gas, and all the countries that encircle it, including China and the Philippines, want to EFTA00630301 exploit these reserves. Manila claims a 200-nautical mile "exclusive economic zone" stretching into the South China Sea from its western shores, an area it calls the West Philipp
providing supplies to civilians trapped in three areas: the old city of Horns, in central Syria; the town of Darayya, about six miles southwest of Damascus; and the town of Moadamiyeh, about eight miles southwest of the capital. A relief working group has been coordinated by Valerie Amos, the United Na
lands in the South China Sea. Some 40 percent of international maritime trade passes through those contested waters. EFTA00636720 Washington and Manila have been negotiating since August on stationing more US Marines in the country. Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin has already announced t
's rise is stirring concerns in some neighboring countries and in the wider international community that the fall of the minority Alawite regime in Damascus would be followed by the ascent of a Sunni Islamist government, extending into a volatile region a trend set in Egypt and Tunisia. In those countr
large deposits of oil and natural gas, and all the countries that encircle it, including China and the Philippines, want to exploit these reserves. Manila claims a 200- nautical mile "exclusive economic zone" stretching into the South China Sea from its western shores, an area it calls the West Philip
Entities connected to both Damascus and Manila

Barack Obama
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Tehran
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tunisia
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Cairo
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Hillary Clinton
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Marc Rich
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Vladimir Putin
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Middle East
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Department of Justice
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Saddam Hussein
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Yemen
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