In the past 3 years, 2 countries demonstrated their reckless ability to drag the world into an all-out global war over Syria: NATO member Turkey in 2015 and US ally Israel this week. Both are responsible for shooting down a Russian military airplane legally operating in Syria:
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In this sense, it is surprising that there hadn’t been more military incidents of this kind between Russia and Israel. The latter will have to adapt its behavior by facing the realities on the ground—that Syria is largely liberated.
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And Russia has to face the limits of its multi-vector policy in the Middle East involving regional and global players with conflicting agendas.
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The political & military discipline displayed by Russia to not be drawn from their objectives by outrageous provocations is admirable.
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