A more accurate bellwether of the tide turning in Syria will be if Russia decides it no longer needs President Assad.
The Real Metric for Syria Is Russia’s Realpolitik
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Europe & Central Asia
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Will Syria Cause a Divorce Between Iran and Turkey?
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In March 1990, I entered East Germany for the start of nearly seven months of travel throughout Eastern Europe. In my backpack, I carried an early version of a laptop and a cutting-edge portable printer. I had a simple agenda: talk to people, write reports, and send them back to my employers by snail mail.
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