During his first visit to Moscow since the start of Russia’s war of aggression once morest Ukraine, Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad expressed his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the Interfax news agency, Assad said on Wednesday in the Kremlin that he wanted to use the moment to repeat the Syrian position in support of the “special operation”. In Russia, the war once morest Ukraine is called a special operation.
Assad arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday evening for an unannounced visit. After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Kremlin wall, he also met Putin for talks on Wednesday. Among other things, he thanked Russia for its help following the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey in February. Previously, Putin and Assad met in September 2021, when the Syrian also traveled to Moscow.
Assad is considered to be heavily dependent on the Kremlin. Russia is one of the main supporters of its government. Russia’s military intervention in 2015 in the country’s civil war helped tip the balance of power in Assad’s favor.
