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The human rights group also accused Russia of selectively using one of its reports to support a one-sided position on Syria. [141] Former UK ambassador to Russia from 2004 to 2008, Tony Brenton, said in April 2012 that Russia is looking – in Syria – for its first opportunity since the Cold War to boost its brokering abilities. [63]
HRW said that "Russian or Syrian forces were responsible for the attacks" and that the munitions were "manufactured in the former Soviet Union or Russia" and that some were of a type that had "not been documented as used in Syria" prior to Russia's involvement in the war, which they said, suggested that "either Russian aircraft dropped them or ...
On 30 September 2015, Russia began a military intervention in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Syrian government, consisting of intensive air and cruise missile strikes against several terrorist groups, including ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda's official affiliate in Syria).
Syria holds strategic importance for Moscow and Tehran, which have both bolstered Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime at critical moments. Why the Syrian conflict is so important for Russia and ...
Why has Syria's civil war re-erupted now? A cease-fire brokered by Turkey, which supports the opposition, and Russia, which backs Assad, has been in place since 2020. But the fresh rebel offensive ...
It is the first time control of the city has shifted since 2016, when government forces, backed by Russia and Iran, defeated rebels who had controlled Aleppo's eastern districts. The rebels have ...
Western leaders and diplomats have repeatedly criticized Russia's support of the Syrian government; Russia has stressed that its actions have not violated international law. In June 2012, Russian president Vladimir Putin said Russia did not support "any side [in the conflict] from which the threat of a civil war may emerge". [13]
In fact, it is the collapse of support from Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah that contributed to the surprise sweep of Syria as the demoralized military under President Bashar Al-Assad’s strict ...