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Newsroom FeedSaudi Arabia and Iran pick sides in Syria
9 August 2012
Australia Network Newsline
Tehran has declared Syria a fellow member of what it terms "the axis of resistance" to US influence, meaning American hopes for an end to President Assad may prove premature. Professor of war studies at King's College London and Centre guest Anatol Lieven says the conflict reflects the underlying struggle for the hearts and minds of the Middle East between three major geopolitical forces.
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