Exclusive-Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...
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The U.S. and Russia Come Together on Syria
The Alawites are seen as religious deviants by the Sunni Islamists, and as remnants of the ousted regime, and their position is precarious in post-Assad Syria. During the sectarian bloodbath that ...
Russian diesel continues to flow to Syria on US-sanctioned tankers, data shows
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Exclusive-Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
He said he did not want to see "a rift between Syria and Russia," and that Damascus wanted to preserve its "deep strategic relations" with Moscow. At the closed briefing, Russia said the new ...
Russia Is Chasing a Deal to Keep Its Military Bases in Syria
Russia has sought a rapprochement with Syria’s new rulers, including with an injection of cash for Syria’s central bank.
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Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say
He said he did not want to see "a rift between Syria and Russia," and that Damascus wanted to preserve its "deep strategic relations" with Moscow. At the closed briefing, Russia said the new ...