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  Shiites in Iraq Hailing Putin for Syria Push

  The New York Times - By Michael R. Gordon

  NAJAF, Iraq — One of the most popular Facebook posts in Iraq’s Shiite heartland is a Photoshopped image of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia dressed in the robe of a southern tribal sheikh. It was the American-led invasion in 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein and empowered Iraq’s long-repressed …

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  For Vladimir Putin’s Birthday, Ice Hockey and a Missile Strike

  The New York Times - By Andrew E. Kramer

  MOSCOW — It would be hard to imagine a more perfect birthday for Vladimir V. Putin, the president of Russia, who turned 63 on Wednesday. After receiving a report from his defense minister that Russia had launched a major cruise missile strike on Syria — a move further confounding American policy in …

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  Russian Cruise Missiles Help Syrians Go on the Offensive

  The New York Times - By Anne Barnard and Andrew E. Kramer

  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Russia and Syria unleashed a coordinated assault by land, air and sea on Wednesday, seeking to reverse recent gains by rebel groups that were beginning to encroach on the Syrian coast, a critical bastion of power for President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow said it had fired 26 cruise …

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  Vladimir Putin of Russia Calls for Coalition to Fight ISIS

  The New York Times - By Somini Sengupta and Neil MacFarquhar

  UNITED NATIONS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called for “a genuinely broad international coalition” to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, and dismissed calls for the ouster of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly for the …

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  On Syria, Putin Is Catering to an Audience at Home

  The New York Times - By Neil MacFarquhar

  MOSCOW — A funny thing happened on the way to the United Nations General Assembly, where President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will speak on Monday for the first time in 10 years. In the weeks leading up to the meeting, the war in Ukraine all but disappeared from the state-run television channels …

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  Russia Surprises U.S. With Accord on Battling ISIS

  The New York Times - By Michael R. Gordon

  UNITED NATIONS — For the second time this month, Russia moved to expand its political and military influence in the Syria conflict and left the United States scrambling, this time by reaching an understanding, announced on Sunday, with Iraq, Syria and Iran to share intelligence about the Islamic …