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March 21, 2013

Let Russia Defend a New Alawite State

Ely Karmon, Haaretz

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Russia will have to defend a rump Alawite state if Syria is going to have any hope for a peaceful end to its civil war.

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TAGGED: Alawites, Syria, Russia

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