Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 24, 2017



Liz Sly and Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post: Syria deal draws Iran into alliance with Russia and Turkey

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Russia, Turkey and Iran agreed Tuesday to the outlines of a plan to reinforce a cease-fire in Syria, establishing the three most significant allies of the protagonists in the conflict as guarantors to a peace process.

The deal concluded two days of talks in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, that drew Iran into a burgeoning alliance with Russia and Turkey over ways to secure a settlement. It set broad but vague parameters for a cease-fire enforcement mechanism and committed the three countries to jointly fight the Islamic State and Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate. It will also provide a test of Russia’s new role as the lead power broker in efforts to secure a sustainable, long-term solution to the war.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 24, 2017

The Russian-Turkish-Iranian axis: Strange bedfellows -- Ofra Bengio, Jerusalem Post

Russia leaves Syria talks with tentative plan. Up next: get US involved. -- Fred Weir, CSM

Trump Team Aims to Test Russia's Alliance With Iran -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

What the Saudi Monarchy Wants From the U.S. -- Gerald Feierstein,

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