Obama will likely wait out Russia's Syria gambit

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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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President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, President Barack Obama and US Secretary of State John Kerry (Reuters/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin)

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