Putin meets Assad amid calls to defuse Turkey-Syria tensions

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1. Digital Journal

   Putin meets Assad amid calls to defuse Turkey-Syria tensions ↗ (opens Digital Journal)

   Published Jul 24, 2024

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   President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow amid calls for Russian mediation to cool tensions between Turkey and

2. The Columbian

   Russia’s Putin hosts Syria’s Assad in the Kremlin as tensions rise in the Middle East ↗ (opens The Columbian)

   Published Jul 24, 2024

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   Russian President Vladimir Putin met President Bashar Assad of Syria in the Kremlin, video distributed by the Kremlin press service on Thursday showed.

3. Deutsche Welle

   Syria's Assad meets Putin in Moscow – DW ↗ (opens Deutsche Welle)

   Published Jul 24, 2024

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   The Syrian president voiced his concerns about the "escalation" of conflicts across the Middle East. Putin has long provided military support to Assad.

4. Al-Monitor

   Syria’s Assad meets Putin in Russia amid Turkey dialogue push ↗ (opens Al-Monitor)

   Published Jul 24, 2024

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   Russia has been the main backer of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces against rebels throughout the Syrian civil war.

5. Voice of America

   Putin hosts Syria's Assad in Kremlin as tensions rise in Middle East ↗ (opens Voice of America)

   Published Jul 24, 2024

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   While Russia now concentrates the bulk of its military resources in Ukraine, it has maintained a military foothold in Syria and keeps troops at its bases there

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