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Mar 15, 2023 · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered Russian President Vladimir Putin his support in the Ukraine conflict during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday.
1 day ago · When Assad brutally put down mass protests and civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, Nasrallah was faced with a difficult choice: potentially lose the friendly, Iran-aligned Assad regime to a ...
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- Background: Russian Hesitation, Then Commitment
- Russia and Iran: Military Coordination with Different Goals
- Western Syria and Aleppo: Challenges of Coordination and Consolidation of Power
- Deir ez-Zor and Southern Syria: Regional Entanglements
- Beyond The Battlefield: The Future of Syria
The Russian intervention in September 2015 provided decisive air power to Syrian and Iranian-backed ground forces, expanding Bashar al-Assad’s territorial control and solidifying the regime’s hold on power through parallel diplomatic efforts. Challenges associated with military integration materialized due to the Iranians’ perceived lack of Russian...
In the months leading up to the Russian intervention in Syria, a series of high-level meetings between Russian and Iranian officials established the basis for a coordinated strategy to support Assad. In January 2015, Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, met with President Putin and Minister of Defe...
The Russian and Iranian campaign in support of the Syrian government developed an “integrated grouping” of irregular armed formations under the command of the Russian Armed Forces. Colonel-General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Dvornikov, who commanded the Russian army group in the Syria from September 2015 to July 2016, no...
During the initial stages of the campaign, the lack of Russian air support for Iranian forces highlighted the challenges of integrating and coordinating IRGC and Iranian-backed ground forces with the Russian Armed Forces. The Jaysh al-Fatah siege of Khan Touman—a city southwest of Aleppo—caused Iran to suffer approximately 80 to 100 casualties of I...
After Aleppo, the Syrian government coalition concentrated on regaining territory from the IS in central Syria around Damascus and eastern Syria on the border with Iraq. Russian and Iranian coordination on the Deir ez-Zor campaign focused on a three-pronged assault on the strategically important territories in the east including the Baghdad-Damascu...
The military campaign to preserve Assad’s regime in Syria has compelled Russia and Iran to adapt to the challenges of joint military cooperation on the battlefield through the establishment of bureaucratic channels and command structures. The experience of closer coordination in Syria and the overall improvement of Russia-Iran relations over the pa...
Russian media reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had asked for Russia to intervene by providing military assistance. [112] On 30 September 2015, Russia launched its first airstrikes against targets in Rastan, Talbiseh, and Zafaraniya in Homs province of Syria.
Jul 25, 2024 · Russia has been trying to facilitate a meeting between Assad and Turkey's Erdogan. Turkey severed ties with Syria in 2011 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, in which it supported...
Assad's military support to Hezbollah and Iran-backed militant groups has been described as the "central component of his security doctrine". Syria is also a prominent ally of Russia and its president Vladimir Putin.
Jul 25, 2024 · Vladimir Putin has met Bashar al Assad in Moscow, after a surprise visit from the Syrian president that was announced by the Kremlin on Thursday morning. Footage shared on Telegram by the Russian president's press service showed the two leaders smiling and shaking hands, before sitting down and chatting through their respective interpreters.
