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13 hours ago · DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images. Ukraine has deployed special forces to Syria to fight Russian mercenaries there, per the Kyiv Post. They are backing Syrian rebels in fighting the Assad ...
Mar 9, 2022 · No matter Assad’s stance, the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine will bear down hard on Syria. To address the immediate economic fallout from the Ukraine war, Syrian ministers held meetings with merchants to discuss extending the duration of import permits for industrialists.
Mar 16, 2023 · Drone Intercept. 26 Posts. Sort by. 10:33 a.m. ET, March 16, 2023. Syria's Assad recognizes territories claimed by Russia in Ukraine as Russian. From CNN’s Celine Alkhaldi in Abu Dhabi.
1 day ago · Russia's border regions have repeatedly come under attack since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Belgorod borders Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia has launched a spring offensive. 06:30:14
- Ukraine Isn’T Syria
- Russia’s “Post-West Order” Framing
- Brutal Battlefield Tactics
- Instrumentalizing Diplomacy
- Weaponizing Displacement
- Same Endgame?
Significant differences distinguish Russia’s current engagement in Ukraine from its 2015 intervention in the Syrian civil war. Moscow joined the Syrian conflict at the behest of the Assad regime, which was threatened with collapse at the hands of a strengthening Islamist insurgency. Russia’s primary objective was to prevent the fall of yet another ...
The underlying drivers, stakes, and objectives in Syria and Ukraine are strikingly different. Yet, elements of Russia’s framing, tactics, strategy, and endgame in Syria are reflected in Ukraine. Russian analysts and academics have described Syria as Russia’s “first post-Soviet success.” In this view, Russia’s relatively successful engagement in Syr...
Fighting alongside the Assad regime, Russia broadly disavowed international law, which seeks to minimize civilian harm in conflict and ensure that lifesaving humanitarian aid reaches those in need. The list of Russian transgressions in Syria is long, and several of these violations are already occurring in Ukraine. Some of these tactics were initia...
As the war in Ukraine deepens and various diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives are launched, Russia’s conduct in Syria again becomes relevant. Throughout its engagement in Syria, Moscow often exploited diplomatic efforts aimed at calming the fighting to further its military goals on the ground. In 2017, for example, with the establishment of so-...
The strategy of the Assad regime’s war in Syria was as much about displacement and “demographic re-engineering” as it was about killing, leaving more than half of Syria’s pre-war population displaced internally or as refugees. It was the most significant displacement crisis since the end of World War II — until Russia’s war on Ukraine began. The As...
Russia intervened in Syria with the goal of propping up the Assad regime and regaining all Syrian territory lost to opposition elements. However, they were unable to achieve their maximalist aims. Their prosecution of a brutal war in Syria has yielded unspeakable levels of human suffering and physical destruction. Yet nearly seven years into its in...
Oct 30, 2022 · Russian Trade Boomed After Invading Ukraine, Providing Ample War Funds - The New York Times. Sweden. The Netherlands. +32% Belgium. +81% United Kingdom. Trade volume after invasion. Arrows...
May 17, 2024 · 17 May 2024. By the Visual Journalism Team ,BBC News. Fighting has been raging in Ukraine for two years since Russia's invasion, with Moscow's forces edging forwards in recent weeks after...
