‘They need each other’: What’s behind the new Syria-Russia accord?
- Syria and Russia have spent the past 18 months negotiating the fate of Moscow’s military presence in Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
- On Sunday, at least part of that question seemed to be settled after the post-Assad government in Damascus announced a memorandum of understanding regarding Moscow’s Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base.
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- Syria and Russia have spent the past 18 months negotiating the fate of Moscow’s military presence in Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
- On Sunday, at least part of that question seemed to be settled after the post-Assad government in Damascus announced a memorandum of understanding regarding Moscow’s Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base.
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Sources: Al Jazeera