Putin’s visit to Syria comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following the US killing of Iran’s top military commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Damascus on Tuesday to visit Russian troops stationed in Syria and meet with the country’s leader, a presidential spokesman said.
“Vladimir Putin headed from the airport to the Russian armed forces’ command centre in Syria,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad joined the Russian president at the command centre where they were briefed on the military situation across Syria and later held bilateral talks.
“During the talks with Assad, Putin said that obviously a lot of progress had been made toward restoring Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Peskov said.
The Syrian president thanked Putin for the visit and praised Russia’s help in fighting terrorism and restoring peaceful life in Syria.
Mr Putin’s visit to Syria comes at a time when tensions in the Middle East are rising as Iran and the US have been exchanging threats following the death of Iran’s Major General Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad on 3 January.
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An example of shuttle diplomacy. First, support Assad, as no one knows exactly what Americans can do. Secondly, the Astana format is working: Turkey, Iran, Russia in Syria. And this is what, obviously, the Americans do not like.
Let’s hope Putin and even Erdogan and possibly most of Europe will turn against Donald Hitler should he attack Iran for Israel. The world must realize a maniac Israel Lover Liar Con Artist from NY is loose on the planet.
New York, Tel Aviv, and Washington,…damn straight! But I’d still like to see Hollywood; Palm Beach; Basel, Switzerland, and City of London, (and maybe South Africa, for their nuclear shennanigans) added into the “vaporization” target mix. Just sayin’
The City of London should be the #1 target, then Basel.
No, no, no, Edward! That rats would better be catched personnaly and send under the trial. Millions of good people from London and NYC must stay safe and sound )
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