Posts Tagged: Sergei Lavrov

Special force deployment to Syria may signal Moscow’s doubts

May 10, 2024 by Mark Galeotti in Europe, Middle East.

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Activists of the international non-governmental organization "Reporters sans frontieres" (Reporters without borders) set a poster bearing a picture of Syrian president Bachar al-Assad in Paris, on May 03, 2024

Hints from security sources suggest that Moscow is quietly preparing for the potential downfall of the Assad regime.

Russia refuses to lean on Assad — for now

March 9, 2024 by Mark Galeotti in Europe, Middle East.

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Russia remains one of the main obstacles to more robust international pressure against the Syrian regime, it is also one of the few countries potentially able to exert influence on the autocrat.

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