The Kremlin confirmed on Thursday that strongman Vladimir Putin engaged his Syrian counterpart, jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Russia’s interest in maintaining its two military bases in the country.
Sharaa made a historic first visit to Moscow this week, meeting Putin in person on Wednesday. The exchange was anticipated as a tense and difficult interaction given Putin’s longstanding support to the decades-old Assad family regime in the country, which Sharaa and his al-Qaeda offshoot, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), toppled in December. Former dictator Bashar Assad fled Damascus on December 7 and has taken refuge in Moscow, where rumors suggest he has taken an interest in video games. Putin provided both diplomatic and military support to Assad, meaning Russia’s bases were strongholds actively fight
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