Obama will likely wait out Russia's Syria gambit
US strategy in Syria after Russia's intervention seeks to minimise short-term risks, but time may favour Obama's caution
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- Washington's Syria policy
- Russia's intervention
- US response
- 'Deconfliction'
- Anti-ISG campaign
- US domestic politics
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President Barack Obama and US Secretary of State John Kerry (Reuters/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)")