As we enter a new year and a new decade, the Syrian conflict rages on, well into its ninth year. The estimated death toll is touching one million, with over ten million others displaced both internally and externally, from a pre-war population of around 23 million in 2011. The role of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in suppressing protests and attempting to crush the rebellion is well understood, but far less has been mentioned about Russia’s intervention in the conflict.
Russia intervened militarily in Assad’s favour in 2015, although in reality it was backing the regime diplomatically from the onset. It …read more
Source:: Middle East Monitor
