Putin ramps up Syria pact with Iran in US absence
DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. March 5, 2017, 6:30 PM (IDT)
Bombarded by allegations of associating with Russia, US President Donald Trump has held back from going through with his original plan for teaming up with Moscow in Syria to wipe out the Islamic State and relieve Syria of Iran’s iron grip. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is therefore unlikely to make much headway in persuading Vladimir Putin to fend off a permanent Iranian in Syria, when he visits Moscow on Thursday, March 9,
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