Sidelining Iran in deals on Syria could be dangerous for Russia.
![Russian lead negotiator on Syria Lavrentyev, Iranian Deputy FM Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh FM Abdrakhmanov and U.N. Special Envoy for Syria de Mistura attend fourth round of Syria peace talks in Astana](/https/www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9e4af458eabc43468e1d090d2cf9aacf_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Alexey Khlebnikov is a MENA expert at the Russian International Affairs Council. He holds an MA in global public policy and Middle Eastern studies. He... was a Muskie fellow at the University of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs (2012-2014) and a research fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS in 2013.
Sidelining Iran in deals on Syria could be dangerous for Russia.