Syria’s Multi-Sided War Taxes Russia

Russia has played a decisive role in saving the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from ouster, but every week Moscow is finding it harder to arbitrate the winding down of a seven-year-long conflict that may have entered its most dangerous phase. The biggest challenge facing the Kremlin is juggling the demands of the various players in Syria — those it is allied with or keen to improve ties with — amid mounting risks of the conflict spilling across borders and spreading to the...

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