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As well as flying from an airfield near Latakia, they also flew strategic bombers from Russian territory.
Assad’s continued grip on power has seriously strained relations between the USA and France – firm backers of Syria’s uprising – and Russian Federation, one of the regime’s staunchest allies.
According to United Nations figures, routine immunization coverage in Syria has fallen from 95 percent prior to the war to just 64 percent this year.
Obama, Putin still divided on Syria US President Barack Obama on Thursday reiterated that Syria’s civil war would not end unless Bashar al-Assad leaves power, discounting suggestions he West Asian leader could ake part in future elections.
Portraying himself as the only viable alternative to jihadist rule, Mr. Assad has labelled all his enemies “terrorists”, a designation that, in the wake of the recent attacks on civilians by ISIS, may find greater resonance. Obama and Putin spoke earlier this week at the Group of 20 summit in Turkey. Putin has also pledged strong military support alongside France’s defense forces.
According to Assad, Islamic State will have the ability to remain “strong as long as they have strong support from different states, whether Middle Eastern states or Western states”.
“The more we delay the political process between the Syrian government and the opposition, the more things deteriorate for the Syrian people”, he said.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was ready to work with the Western coalition striking ISIS if its members respect Syria’s sovereignty.
He also said that due to the Russian aerial attacks, the number of militants entering Syria in order to join or train with ISIS – terrorists who could return to Europe and other areas to carry out attacks similar to those that struck Paris last week – has been reduced.
Assad spoke at length about the presence of Islamic State terrorists in his country, blaming their existence on the West. He said the militant group grew and flourished in Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. European Union countries have maintained that Moscow’s efforts won’t keep President Bashar al-Assad in power.
During the Arab Spring in 2011, the economy in Syria was experiencing high unemployment rates, corruption and political repression.
The fate of al-Assad, remains a sticking point. By the summer of 2012, the fighting had spread to Syria’s largest city, Aleppo.
This was the second cruise missile attack from the Caspian, after the pioneering strike of October 7 in which Russian Federation brought the Caspian region into the Syria conflict, at the same time demonstrating its military dominance over the sea.
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He named three reasons why people are becoming refuges, including a “direct threat by terrorists”, “the influence of terrorists in destroying much of the infrastructure and affecting the livelihood of those people,” as well as “the Western embargo on Syria”.
