According to a Reuters report, Syria’s new chief Ahmed al-Sharaa (beforehand recognized by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) requested Russia handy over the ousted dictator Assad, who fled Syria and was granted asylum in Russia final month, based on Russian state media.
Syria’s state information company SANA additionally reported that al-Sharaa urged Russia to “rebuild belief with Syrian folks” by means of concrete measures akin to “compensation, reconstruction and restoration.”
Russian chief Vladimir Putin’s forces had been instrumental in propping up the Syrian regime for years, with Moscow’s heavy bombing campaigns initially serving to to show the tide of a brutal civil battle — which killed lots of of 1000’s of Syrians — in Assad’s favor.
Russia operates two strategically vital navy bases in Syria which it had maintained to additional challenge its affect throughout the Middle East and Africa.
After Assad’s fall, satellite tv for pc footage confirmed that Russia was evacuating its navy tools from Syrian navy bases towards Libya. Last week, Syria canceled the Russian Navy’s 49-year lengthy lease on the port of Tartus brokered beneath Assad.