Russia has not used all of its abilities in Syria yet: Putin
The Russian president said more funding for Russia’s operations in Syria will be approved if necessary
Ahmed Abbas
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Ahmed Abbas is a journalist at DNEās politics section. He previously worked as Egypt based reporter for Correspondents.org, and interned as a broadcast journalist at Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Abbas is a fellow of Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change. He holds a Masterās Degree of Journalism and New Media from Jordan Media Institute. He was awarded by the ICFJ for best public service reporting in 2013, and by the German foreign office for best feature in 2014.
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