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» Moscow Trying Every Middle Eastern Door 04/09/15 17:38 from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation Throughout the year, the Middle East has remained engulfed in conflict as well as intense... Moscow Trying Every Middle Eastern Door Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 159 September 4, 2015 05:38 PM Age: 14 min By: Stephen Blank Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Vladimir Putin (Source: AP) Throughout the year, the Middle East has remained engulfed in conflict as well as intense international diplomatic negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. And just as the United States and other powers are grappling with the threats posed by the violence in the Middle East, so too is Russia. In fact, Russia has been trying to engage every possible and actual conflict in the region to obtain not only necessary economic benefits—such as, for example, the Saudi agreement to cut energy production so that global oil prices c...