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October 30, 2019

The withdrawal of US forces from the Kurdish areas of northern Syria will help strengthen Iranโ€™s standing in the country, make Russia the leading power in the region, and possibly lead to the resurgence of ISIS terror. All these outcomes will have far-reaching policy implications for the Middle Eastโ€™s pro-Western actors and for the war on jihadist terror.
It has become fashionable to link Russian foreign policy moves of the past 20 years solely to President Vladimir Putin and his close associates. But what is viewed as innovative is in fact an intensification of much older policies that long preceded Putinโ€™s rise to power. ย 

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