The Kremlin confirmed on Dec. 11 that longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow after rebels took the capital city of Damascus in a lightning offensive that shocked the world.Assad’s exile in Russia comes as little surprise. The Kremlin had invested heavily in propping up the regime in Syria with military support since 2015, when Russian air raids on rebel forces helped the Assad regime to solidify its grip on power. In exchang…

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What Russia’s army in Syria stands to lose after fall of Assad

MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Wednesday played down the damage to Russian influence in the Middle East from the fall of Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad, saying that its focus was on Ukraine and that Moscow was in contact with Syria's new rulers.

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Kremlin plays down blow to Russia from Assad's fall

MOSCOW, Russia – The Kremlin on Wednesday, December 11, played down the damage to Russian influence in the Middle East from the fall of Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad, saying that its focus was Ukraine and that Moscow was in contact with the new rulers of Syria. When Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, it helped tip the balance in Assad’s favor, so his fall from power dealt a serious setback to both Russia, which is fighting a major …

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In a major development, Russia has confirmed it is in touch with the new regime in Syria after the dramatic fall of the Bashar al-Assad-led government. The latest report came after the Kremlin on Wednesday clarified that Russia has maintained contact with the new authorities in Syria. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "We are monitoring most closely what is happening in Syria." "We, of course, maintain contacts with those who are currently c…

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Russia maintains contacts with new authorities in Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad regime: Kremlin

After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the EU member states cannot find a common foreign policy line. This is causing discontent in the EU Parliament. more...

Nach dem Sturz des Assad-Regimes in Syrien finden die EU-Mitgliedsstaaten keine gemeinsame außenpolitische Linie. Im EU-Parlament führt dies zu Unmut. mehr...

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Ukrainian intelligence and satellite imagery show Russian troops are withdrawing from two of its bases in Syria, but Moscow denies this. The fate of the two military bases...

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Misteri Nasib 2 Pangkalan Militer Rusia di Suriah usai Rezim Assad Tumbang

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Mystery of the Fate of 2 Russian Military Bases in Syria after the Fall of the Assad Regime

In the early hours of 8 December, as Syrian rebels swept towards Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace in Damascus, an Ilyushin Il76 transport plane quietly departed the capital, veering northwest, before vanishing from the radar. Later that day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the Syrian dictator had arrived in Russia, where Vladimir Putin had granted him and his family asylum for “humanitarian reasons”. But the Russian leader wa…

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The Kremlin’s new calculus on Syria

On 8 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fell from power after a rapid-fire offensive led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group. While Assad’s ouster was widely celebrated in Syria and across the Arab world, the mood in Moscow was much less sanguine. A Russian Foreign Ministry statement released shortly after Assad’s arrival in Moscow as a political asylum seeker expressed “extreme concern” about the events in Syria and declared t…

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What's next for Russia in Syria after Assad's ouster?

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday played down the damage to Russian influence in the Middle East from the fall of Syrian ally Bashar Assad, saying that its focus was Ukraine and that Moscow was in contact with the new rulers of Syria.
When Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, it helped tip the balance in Assad’s favor, so his fall from power dealt a serious setback to both Russia, which is fighting a major land war in Ukraine, and t…

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Kremlin plays down blow to Russia from Assad’s fall

By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) –     The Kremlin on Wednesday played down the damage to Russian influence in the Middle East from the fall of Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad, saying that its focus was on Ukraine and that Moscow was in contact with Syria’s new rulers. When Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, it helped tip the balance in Assad’s favour and his fall from power has dealt a serious setback to both Russia, which is figh…

What Russia’s army in Syria stands to lose after fall of Assad

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