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href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160304/1035793829/russia-agriculture-gmo-free.html">Russia could become one of the world's largest organic food producers, investigative journalist Seth Ferris notes, adding that contrary to the West's expectations Moscow used anti-Russian sanctions to its own advantage.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160304/1035793829/russia-agriculture-gmo-free.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>32</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>7316</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160304/1035781719/wicked-saud-regime-appeals-washington.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103362/34/1033623467.jpg" 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Does Saudi Regime Appeal to Washington?</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160304/1035781719/wicked-saud-regime-appeals-washington.html">The US alliance with Saudi Arabia should appeal only to masochists, American scholar Ted Galen Carpenter notes, adding that if Washington is really interested in defeating Daesh, simultaneously trying to undermine Iran makes little strategic sense.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160304/1035781719/wicked-saud-regime-appeals-washington.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1079</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035771038/why-new-un-sanctions-north-korea-provocation.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103353/56/1033535652.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="North Korean soldier" title="North Korean soldier" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035771038/why-new-un-sanctions-north-korea-provocation.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>14:10 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">14:10 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035771038/why-new-un-sanctions-north-korea-provocation.html">Why New UN Sanctions Unlikely to Change North Korea's 'Provocative Behavior'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035771038/why-new-un-sanctions-north-korea-provocation.html">The new sanctions introduced against North Korea by the recent United Nation (UN) resolution are unlikely to change country’s provocative behavior and deter the isolated state from carrying out further nuclear and military tests, experts told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035771038/why-new-un-sanctions-north-korea-provocation.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>539</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035748860/prospects-good-for-syrian-ceasefire-elections-but-not-for-safe-zones.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103545/46/1035454658.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Damascus, Syria, (File)" title="Damascus, Syria, (File)" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035748860/prospects-good-for-syrian-ceasefire-elections-but-not-for-safe-zones.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:44 04.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:44 04.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035748860/prospects-good-for-syrian-ceasefire-elections-but-not-for-safe-zones.html">Prospects Good for Syrian Ceasefire, Elections But Not for Safe Zones</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035748860/prospects-good-for-syrian-ceasefire-elections-but-not-for-safe-zones.html">Prospects are hopeful for the current ceasefire in Syria to hold until the elections scheduled for April, however creating safe zones in the country remains questionable, US experts told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160304/1035748860/prospects-good-for-syrian-ceasefire-elections-but-not-for-safe-zones.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>108</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035739258/china-air-force-on-par-us-air-force-2030.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/102742/23/1027422327.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="China's J-20 stealth fighter" title="China's J-20 stealth fighter" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035739258/china-air-force-on-par-us-air-force-2030.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:34 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:34 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035739258/china-air-force-on-par-us-air-force-2030.html">Against the Clock: China's Air Force Will Be on Par With US' by 2030</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035739258/china-air-force-on-par-us-air-force-2030.html">By 2030 China will be on par or exceed the United States in terms of its air force capabilities, American defense expert Dave Majumdar writes, adding that the People's Liberation Army Air Force is rapidly fielding newer and much more capable weaponry.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/military/20160303/1035739258/china-air-force-on-par-us-air-force-2030.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>10</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3529</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035734765/who-benefits-eu-sanctions-against-russia.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/102009/03/1020090339.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Italian non-affiliated MP Gianluca Buonanno" title="Italian non-affiliated MP Gianluca Buonanno" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035734765/who-benefits-eu-sanctions-against-russia.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:23 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:23 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035734765/who-benefits-eu-sanctions-against-russia.html">'We Feel Your Pain': Who Benefits From EU Sanctions Against Russia?</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035734765/who-benefits-eu-sanctions-against-russia.html">While the decision to extend EU restrictions aimed against Russian and eastern Ukrainian individuals and legal entities was nearly unanimous, the upcoming debate over the bloc's broader economic sanctions on Russia is expected to be no walk in the park.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035734765/who-benefits-eu-sanctions-against-russia.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>14</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3416</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035723909/washington-fiasco-syria.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103482/37/1034823747.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A picture taken 17 March 2006 shows a general view of the historic Syrian city of Aleppo, 350 kms north of Damascus, with its landmark cytadel in the background." title="A picture taken 17 March 2006 shows a general view of the historic Syrian city of Aleppo, 350 kms north of Damascus, with its landmark cytadel in the background." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035723909/washington-fiasco-syria.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:45 03.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:45 03.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035723909/washington-fiasco-syria.html">Plan B: Clumsy Attempt to Justify Washington's Political Fiasco in Syria</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035723909/washington-fiasco-syria.html">United States Secretary of State John Kerry's much discussed "Plan B" indicates a familiar pattern of deep division over Syria among American policymakers, US investigative journalist Gareth Porter notes, adding that if US policy were a company doing business in Syria, it would have been bankrupt years ago.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160303/1035723909/washington-fiasco-syria.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>11</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1860</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035681348/next-us-president.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103360/63/1033606376.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="US Black hawk helicopters" title="US Black hawk helicopters" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035681348/next-us-president.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:58 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:58 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035681348/next-us-president.html">Show Will Go On: Why It Does Not Matter Who Will Replace Barack Obama</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035681348/next-us-president.html">It does not matter who wins the White House, US attorney and author John W. Whitehead notes, adding that neither Hillary Clinton, nor Donald Trump will save the day.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035681348/next-us-president.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>50</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4610</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035677704/us-hawks-john-kerry-syrian-ceasefire.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103201/35/1032013513.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="US Secretary of State John Kerry talks to the media at the State Department in Washington on December 16, 2015" title="US Secretary of State John Kerry talks to the media at the State Department in Washington on December 16, 2015" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035677704/us-hawks-john-kerry-syrian-ceasefire.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:13 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:13 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035677704/us-hawks-john-kerry-syrian-ceasefire.html">War Party vs Peace Party: Are US Hawks at Odds With Secretary of State Kerry?</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035677704/us-hawks-john-kerry-syrian-ceasefire.html">Against all odds, the Syrian ceasefire is holding; however, Washington and Ankara's war hawks pose a threat to Russo-American diplomatic efforts in Syria, Professor Stephen F. Cohen notes.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035677704/us-hawks-john-kerry-syrian-ceasefire.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>14</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2724</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035674553/syria-ceasefire-assad.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103544/83/1035448340.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian volunteers and their relatives wave the national flag and portraits of President Bashar al-Assad as they celebrate at the end of a paramilitary training conducted by the Syrian army in al-Qtaifeh, 50 kms north of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2016" title="Syrian volunteers and their relatives wave the national flag and portraits of President Bashar al-Assad as they celebrate at the end of a paramilitary training conducted by the Syrian army in al-Qtaifeh, 50 kms north of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035674553/syria-ceasefire-assad.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:09 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:09 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035674553/syria-ceasefire-assad.html">Winner Takes it All: US-Russia Deal on Syria Truce Shows Conflict to 'Be Resolved in Assad's Favor'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035674553/syria-ceasefire-assad.html">A Russia-US deal on cessation of hostilities in Syria between government forces and opposition groups showed the ongoing civil war would be resolved in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad, experts told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035674553/syria-ceasefire-assad.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>12</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2756</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035665152/why-fragile-syrian-ceasefire-matters.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103547/51/1035475144.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian men walk past a poster bearing a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus, on February 27, 2016, as the first major ceasefire of the five-year war takes hold and an international task force prepares to begin monitoring the landmark truce" title="Syrian men walk past a poster bearing a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus, on February 27, 2016, as the first major ceasefire of the five-year war takes hold and an international task force prepares to begin monitoring the landmark truce" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035665152/why-fragile-syrian-ceasefire-matters.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:19 02.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:19 02.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035665152/why-fragile-syrian-ceasefire-matters.html">The Door to Peace: Why Even Fragile Syrian Ceasefire Matters</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035665152/why-fragile-syrian-ceasefire-matters.html">Although some "armchair strategists" are eager to continue the war in Syria to the last fighter, it is far more important to turn the fragile truce into something a little less fragile, CIA veteran Paul R. Pillar notes.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160302/1035665152/why-fragile-syrian-ceasefire-matters.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>864</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035613566/russia-china-iran-partnership.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103516/10/1035161093.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran" title="President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035613566/russia-china-iran-partnership.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>21:48 01.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">21:48 01.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035613566/russia-china-iran-partnership.html">Golden Thread: What is the Reason for Russia, China, Iran Partnership</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035613566/russia-china-iran-partnership.html">The common "golden thread" connecting China, Iran and Russia is their principled insistence that borders, national sovereignty and independence are inviolable principles, F. William Engdahl notes, adding their commitment to these fundamental values of the UN Charter may save the world from self-destruction.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035613566/russia-china-iran-partnership.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>33</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>6762</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035607532/storm-clouds-erdogan-horizon.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103079/31/1030793185.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan" title="Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035607532/storm-clouds-erdogan-horizon.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:51 01.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:51 01.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035607532/storm-clouds-erdogan-horizon.html">Time to Say Good-Bye? Storm Clouds Gathering on Erdogan's Horizon</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035607532/storm-clouds-erdogan-horizon.html">Turkish President Recep Erdogan has made a huge mistake by publicly blackmailing Washington, US author and researcher Michael Collins notes, suggesting that Erdogan's days as President of Turkey are numbered.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035607532/storm-clouds-erdogan-horizon.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>36</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>8003</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035604049/west-syrian-ceasefire-cool-heads.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103551/01/1035510133.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syria update" title="Syria update" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035604049/west-syrian-ceasefire-cool-heads.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:14 01.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:14 01.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035604049/west-syrian-ceasefire-cool-heads.html">Syrian Ceasefire: Cool Heads Have Prevailed in the West… at Least for Now</a><span class="b-stories__author">by <a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/authors/ekaterina_blinova/">Ekaterina Blinova</a></span><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035604049/west-syrian-ceasefire-cool-heads.html">The war is far from over in Syria, however, Russia's professional diplomatic moves have left Washington nearly no room to maneuver: the US cannot simply return to pre-2016 rhetoric and policies (at least not overtly) and push ahead with their "Assad must go" agenda, The Saker told Sputnik.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160301/1035604049/west-syrian-ceasefire-cool-heads.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>8</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3557</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035548225/syria-ceasefire-threat-terrorists.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103553/02/1035530271.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrians gather at the Bab al-Salam border gate with Turkey, in Syria, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016" title="Syrians gather at the Bab al-Salam border gate with Turkey, in Syria, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035548225/syria-ceasefire-threat-terrorists.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>20:32 29.02.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">20:32 29.02.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035548225/syria-ceasefire-threat-terrorists.html">Terrorism 'Loopholes' in Syria Threaten Success of Ceasefire - Washington Arab Council</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035548225/syria-ceasefire-threat-terrorists.html">The cessation of hostilities in Syria could be threatened as a result of the loose definition of terrorist entities in the country, Arab Council of Washington, DC Executive Director Dr. Khalil Jahshan told Sputnik on Monday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035548225/syria-ceasefire-threat-terrorists.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>386</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035534754/us-europe-russia-military.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103553/45/1035534576.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="President Barack Obama speaks following his tour of the Saft America factory in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, Feb. 26, 2016" title="President Barack Obama speaks following his tour of the Saft America factory in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, Feb. 26, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035534754/us-europe-russia-military.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:00 29.02.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:00 29.02.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035534754/us-europe-russia-military.html">Washington's Russia Witch Hunt Flies in the Face of EU's Own Interests</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035534754/us-europe-russia-military.html">Europe's continuing defense budget decreases together with challenges to stability in the modern world show that Barack Obama's administration has gone against common sense by challenging Russia.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160229/1035534754/us-europe-russia-military.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>28</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3114</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160229/1035511673/turkey-failure-middle-east.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103551/00/1035510041.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A man looks out his damaged window as ministers visit the site of an attack in Ankara on February 19, 2016" title="A man looks out his damaged window as ministers visit the site of an attack in Ankara on February 19, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160229/1035511673/turkey-failure-middle-east.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>10:24 29.02.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">10:24 29.02.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160229/1035511673/turkey-failure-middle-east.html">On the Hook: Turkish Political Flop in Syria</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160229/1035511673/turkey-failure-middle-east.html">In a response to the recent comment of White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest that “Russia, and President Putin personally, are on the hook” in the Syrian ceasefire, Al-Monitor, a US-based website which reports Middle Eastern news, noted that it is not Russia, but rather Turkey which is actually on the hook there, and explained why.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160229/1035511673/turkey-failure-middle-east.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>7</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3238</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160305130909/http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160228/1035500601/us-iraq-endless-war.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130909im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103550/01/1035500197.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="U.S. Army Soldiers look into the courtyard of a house. 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