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Returning To Iran’s Border?  31 Oct    My latest article
explains:   Syria and Russia at the UNGA  19 Sep  Everyone is
focusing on Iran at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting.
But what about Syria?  And Russia?  Assad recently received a
major boost when the US and Russia reached an agreement over the
fate of his chemical weapons. So he will be forgiven for having
a spring in his step. The same goes for the Russians, especially
Putin.  This will make the Russian and Syrian speeches at the UN
also very interesting.  It will be interesting to see how
Putin’s success re: Syria has impacted his position at home.
Also, is it just me or did you also notice how silent Hamas was
when the idea of attacking Syria was being addressed by the
Americans? Well, when Assad is bombarding Palestinian refugee
camps in Syria, who can blame Hamas for not caring if Assad gets
bombed?  In fact they could have been as disappointed as Israel
when Assad was saved from Amer