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Syria's civil war goes multinational.

Hello again, I'm Orin Al-Nalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. The Daily look at the issues Americans cut about most. For the first time since World War II, the U.S. and Russia are dropping

bombs on the same country. Iraq wants Russia to join the U.S. by dropping bombs there.

France is part of the American coalition. Iranian troops have been sent to Syria, joining

Hezbollah forces from Lebanon. Debate continues over who's hitting which targets,

while U.S. and Russian warplanes try not to hit each other.

And a President Obama is accused of creating a Middle East vacuum

for President Putin to fill.

We'll try to connect all those dots.

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Hello again, Mormon-Alni, back with To the Point. The war in Syria is more complicated than ever.

On the third day of Russian airstrikes, the U.S. and Russia are aiming at different targets

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