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Syria who was present but not voting called it a “surreal farce” that three western nations drafted a politically biased resolution instead of a humanitarian one, further alleging war crimes by the United States and rebel funding by Kuwait. Syria commended Russia and China for voting down the draft. 10 April 2018 S/2018/321
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian President from 2000 to 2024. The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing international armed conflict taking place in Syria. [24] The unrest began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of Arab Spring protests, with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government, whose forces responded with violent crackdowns.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia is reported to be withdrawing (since May) its troops from Syria as reinforcements to its dwindling forces in Ukraine; according to Moscow Times (16 September 2022), the re-deployment of Russia's last reserves in Syria is under way. [456]
In Syria, Ankara built the Free Syrian Army and aligned with Hayat Tahrir Al Sham — two groups that spent years fighting against Russia, Iran, and Assad. After nearly 14 years of war, it took ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday signaled the demise of a long-running United Nations humanitarian operation in Turkey delivering aid to 4 million people in rebel-held northwest Syria ...
Humanitarian access to Syria China Russia: 20 December 2019: S/2019/961: S/PV.8697: Humanitarian access to Syria (via borders with Iraq and Turkey) China Russia: 19 September 2019: S/2019/756: S/PV.8623: The situation in the Middle East (concerning the Northwestern Syria offensive, part of the ongoing Syrian civil war) China Russia: 28 February ...
The Kremlin has said Russia is in discussions with the new rulers of Syria over the bases. Russia's defence ministry did not respond to a request for comment on Reuters reporting.
In December 2000, Putin visited Cuba and he along with Fidel Castro called for the lifting of the embargo on Cuba. Russia is still Cuba's leading creditor and the two countries maintain close economic ties with each other. Cuba strongly supported Russia's position in the Russo-Georgian War. In the fall of 2008 Cuba and Russia increased joint ...