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7,500 Russian troops trapped in Syria after regime collapse

Russia will struggle to evacuate 7,500 troops and military hardware from Syria after Bashar Assad's regime fell, BBC Russian Service reported Dec. 10.

11 December 2024, 12:00 PM

Putin set to avenge Assad’s fall, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will seek revenge for the fall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s regime, calling them “accomplices in violence,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 06:45 PM

Russia faces challenges in evacuating troops and equipment from Syria

Russia will face significant difficulties in evacuating its military personnel and equipment from Syria following the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime, the BBC’s Russian Service reported on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 05:27 PM

Assad may move to Moscow City luxury district after fleeing his regime's collapse

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow after his regime's collapse, is expected to settle in an upscale Moscow City neighborhood where his relatives reportedly own property, according to the Russian edition of the German tabloid Bild on Dec. 10.

10 December 2024, 03:59 PM

Assad's fall could alter Russia's stance on Ukraine negotiations

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and his subsequent flight to Moscow do not merely mark the loss of a client state for the Kremlin, CNN senior editor Nathan Hodge argued in an article on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 01:13 PM

Israel launches 250 airstrikes on Syria to dismantle Assad's remaining military capabilities

Israel conducted approximately 250 airstrikes in Syria over the past 48 hours to dismantle the military capabilities of the fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 10:59 AM

Russia's Syrian contingent won’t sway Ukraine war, CCD head says

Russia may redeploy its troops from Syria to Ukraine after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council, wrote on Telegram on Dec. 9.

10 December 2024, 08:37 AM

International headlines reflect on Assad’s fall and its consequences

Global media are drawing parallels between the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and the ousting of former dictators in Iraq and Libya, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi. Outlets describe the events as “historic moments” for Syria and analyze the implications of the dictator’s dramatic escape.

9 December 2024, 03:33 PM

Russia seeks Turkish help in evacuating troops from Syria

Moscow has asked Ankara for assistance in the safe withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria after the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, CNN Türk reported on Dec. 9, citing its own sources.

9 December 2024, 01:15 PM

Syrian rebels discover secret tunnels that could have allowed Assad to flee Damascus

Syrian rebels have discovered a network of underground tunnels that could have allowed dictator Bashar Assad and his family to flee Damascus, with a video of the secret tunnels now circulating online, the Daily Mail reported on Dec. 9.

9 December 2024, 12:21 PM

Impact of Assad regime’s collapse and Russia's possible withdrawal from Syria – ISW

The swift collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria—a regime Moscow has supported since 2015—marks a strategic political defeat for Russia and creates a new crisis as the Kremlin struggles to maintain its strategic military presence in the country.

9 December 2024, 11:20 AM

Bashar al-Assad given refuge in Moscow

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum "out of humanitarian considerations", Russian propaganda agency TASS reported on Dec. 8, citing a Kremlin source.

9 December 2024, 08:41 AM

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