Shias in Iraq hailing Vladimir Putin for Syria push - The Times of India: "As if to underscore that point, one widely viewed YouTube video shows Putin striding purposefully to the sounds of a patriotic Iraqi song, which hails him as a leader with the vision and determination to bring stability to Iraq.
"We don't have to say his name; he knows himself well," the singer belts out in the video, which ends with a clip of Putin conferring with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.
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Much of the popular fascination here with "Sheikh Putin" stems from the projection of sectarian politics onto the international stage.
Russia's intervention in Syria has outraged Sunni Arabs in the region who see President Bashar al-Assad as a brutal oppressor of Syria's Sunni majority. But many Iraqi Shias see Assad's Alawite-dominated government as a bulwark against Sunni extremism and are heartened that Russia has joined forces with Iran and the Syrian government."
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"We don't have to say his name; he knows himself well," the singer belts out in the video, which ends with a clip of Putin conferring with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.
READ ALSO: Russian air force hits 60 ISIS targets in Syria, kills 300 jihadists
Much of the popular fascination here with "Sheikh Putin" stems from the projection of sectarian politics onto the international stage.
Russia's intervention in Syria has outraged Sunni Arabs in the region who see President Bashar al-Assad as a brutal oppressor of Syria's Sunni majority. But many Iraqi Shias see Assad's Alawite-dominated government as a bulwark against Sunni extremism and are heartened that Russia has joined forces with Iran and the Syrian government."
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