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William Engdahl narrates.</a></div></li><li class="b-opinion__item"><a href="/web/20160318023038/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160318023038im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103064/85/1030648565.jpg" width="191" height="118" alt="Syrian Arab Army troops take part in a rally in Tarus in support of the Russian Aerospace Force operation in Syria" title="Syrian Arab Army troops take part in a rally in Tarus in support of the Russian Aerospace Force operation in Syria" class=""></a><h4 class="b-opinion__title"><a href="/web/20160318023038/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html">The Peace Seeker: What Lies at the Root of Putin's Foreign Policy in Syria</a></h4><div class="b-opinion__announce"><a href="/web/20160318023038/http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160317/1036471341/putin-russia-foreign-policy-syria.html">Why did Vladimir Putin's decision to withdraw the Russian military forces from Syria take US hawks by surprise? 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