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Intelligence file: Filling the vacuum
With the US reducing its footprint in the Middle East, Russia is stepping up and it isn’t asking anyone what they think – not least Israel, as this week’s aerial strikes on the Syrian Golan show.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 20, 2015
(photo credit:
REUTERS
)
By
YOSSI MELMAN
OCTOBER 30, 2015 08:26
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