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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
World
London - Ibrahim Hamidi

Russia in Syria, a Double-Edged Sword

The presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey in Tehran on July 19 (EPA)

What will happen if the United States decided to suddenly withdraw from northeastern Syria? What if Turkey carried out its threats and launched an attack in the north of the country?

What if a secret deal was made to hand over Deir Ezzor oil fields to Damascus in exchange for information from the latter about the missing US journalist Austin Tice?

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