Russia / World
The Islamic State’s “liberation” of Palmyra from Bashar al-Assad’s army divisions on December 11 has demonstrated once again that Damascus and Moscow’s coalition has no clear advantage in Syria. Apparently, it would be equally correct to state that the Baghdad–Washington coalition in Iraq has no clear advantage either. The position of Turkey, however, which only currently controls regions in its immediate border areas, is extremely unclear. In other words, the all-against-all war in the Middle East continues, and …read more
Source: Intersection