Contrast: Putin backs existing Mideast balance of power as Obama boosts Iran’s ‘jihadist ascent’

By World Tribune on January 26, 2015   Afghanistan, BB Top Story, Egypt, Exclusives, Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Libya, Mideast, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Stateside, Syria, Terrorism, Top Stories, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The modern Arab State is gone, rejected by the vast majority of the populace. Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon are no more, and Jordan and Yemen are not far behind. In their place there have emerged entities based on […]