Items by Tom Perry
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- December 17, 2017 Tom Perry
In Syria, Russia securing position as Assad presses war
With the map of Syria’s conflict decisively redrawn in President Bashar al-Assad’s favour, his Russian allies want to convert military gains into a settlement that stabilises the shattered nation and secures their interests in the region. A year after the opposition’s defeat in Aleppo, government forces backed by Russia and...