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The Russian government and the Syrian government have long been allies, and the fall of the regime would have meant the loss of an important Russian ally in the region. [ 47 ] In a March 2023 interview with Russian media, Assad stated that he would welcome more Russian troops and military bases in Syrian territory.
A number of states and armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) as belligerents.The main groups are the Syrian Arab Republic and allies, the Syrian opposition and allies, Al-Qaeda and affiliates, Islamic State, and the originally mostly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.
The military activity of Russia in Syria has been criticized by the US and its regional allies; Turkey overtly clashed with the Russian military in November 2015 over the alleged violation of its airspace by a Russian plane, as well as over Russia′s bombardment of the areas held by anti-government forces supported by Turkey. [8]
A web of Syria's neighbors and countries around the world have backed either Assad's government or various rebel opposition groups to varying degrees. Syria's war: How barbarity, confusion and ...
Syrian civil war; Part of the Syrian Revolution, the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, the Second Arab Spring, the Iraqi civil war, the war against the Islamic State, the war on terror, the Kurdish–Turkish and Arab–Israeli conflicts; and the Iran–Turkey, Iran–Israel, Iran–Saudi, Qatar–Saudi and Russia–U.S. proxy wars
It comes as Syria's powerful allies, Iran and Russia, are distracted with other conflicts. With Russia and Iran distracted by regional conflicts, a stagnant 13-year-long civil war in Syria has ...
Syrian rebels have made a lightning advance in the north of the country, taking two major cities: Aleppo, the second biggest city, and Hama, a strategically important city that lies on a vital ...
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.