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September 17, 2015

What Is Russia Up To in Syria, and Why Is the U.S. Standing Idly By?

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin share an agenda of reducing American influence in the Middle East.

Over the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin has sent extensive military aid to Bashar al-Assad, and reports have emerged that Russian troops have been operating in Syria as well. America’s reluctance to stop Russian intervention, writes Lee Smith, upends a longstanding policy of keeping Russia out of the Middle East:

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September 17, 2015

  1. The State Department’s Mealy-Mouthed Response to UNRWA’s Anti-Semitism

    The message: we don’t care.

  2. What Is Russia Up To in Syria, and Why Is the U.S. Standing Idly By?

    Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin share an agenda of reducing American influence in the Middle East.

  3. Confronting the Past in Jedwabne

    Telling the truth about an infamous massacre in Poland.

  4. Following an Ancient Custom, Israeli Cancer Patients Take New Names

    Would a patient by another name really be as sick?

  5. Mahmoud Abbas’s Failed Attempt to Revive the PLO

    He is now threatening to renounce the Oslo Accords.