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Opposition to US plans for east Syria unites fragile Astana trio

No daylight among Iran, Turkey and Russia in opposing US policies in Syria; Can Iraq mediate between the United States and Iran?

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Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov (C) of Russia, Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) of Turkey and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran attend the international meeting on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan, March 16, 2018. — REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Hagel: US Syria policy "complete folly"

Despite differences over Idlib, the otherwise shaky Astana alliance of Russia, Iran and Turkey has been strengthened by opposition to US policy in eastern Syria, which former US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has labelled “complete folly.”

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