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Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad backs Putin on Ukraine – Syrian presidency
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and supported his position regarding Ukraine, the Syrian presidency said in a statement on Friday amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Syria has been a staunch ally of Moscow since Russia launched a military campaign in Syria in 2015 that helped to turn the tide in a civil war in favour of President Bashar al-Assad with massive aerial bombardment of opposition-held areas.
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Assad during the call described the Russian offensive in Ukraine as a “correction of history.”
“His Excellency (Assad) stressed that Syria stands with the Russian Federation, based on its conviction of the correctness of its position,” the statement said.
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Syria on Tuesday had recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine that Putin has said he was seeking to protect via a “special military operation.”
Russian forces on Friday were reported to have reached the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
