Putin blunders as he closens ties with Syria’s Assad

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Published 2024-07-25
“Russia is slowly wooing Turkey away from the alliance, Erdogan is not an easy partner within the Western alliance and Russia sees an opportunity here to bring Turkey much closer into the Russian orbit together with Syria.”

Foreign correspondent for The Times, Michael Binyon, analyses the meeting between Bashar al Assad and Vladimir Putin in Russia yesterday and its implications on Nato and the war in Ukraine.

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All Comments (21)
  • @MrOptimusheath
    In a world of transparency (the world we live in today), Evil cannot prevail.
  • @Scrapper.
    Al-Assad in Syria like Lukashenko in Belarus was saved from the wrath of his own people by the Russian army. Multiple thousands of their own people murdered, tortured, imprisoned. Now that Russia is in dire straits in Ukraine, extremely stretched, and Putin's hold on power is getting more precarious with each passing day, those two dictators and a handful of African tinpot tyrants are undoubtedly currently experiencing sleepless nights, chronic insomnia, and with good reason. Great report. Respect from Ireland.
  • @ospehu1
    I bet guines world records shall give thise records to Russia. 1 Loosing the naval war against enemy that dose not have Navy. 2 most recorded flight hours in tank crew mens in history. 3 record in loosin more troops in 2.5 years than all the other armies in each war in the past 20 years. 4 most loosed generals in the past 2.5 than ever before.
  • @dadrewco100
    Nope . Turkey wants to get rid of Syrian immigrants . Big problem for turkey .
  • @mrdarbab
    The “basher” was feeling left out. Not anymore.
  • @rialobran
    Closens isn't even a Scrabble word yet, just pointing that little fact out
  • @blackadder3570
    Russians play chess, the west plays checkers. remember that,
  • @blakewu1375
    "Closens", not a commonly seen word. I'd have used "tightens" instead.
  • @alexanderlazarev3570
    Assad must go,Erdogan must go, Putin must go, Modi must go,Xi also must go etc, etc...but only Biden is gone with the wind.
  • @user-cv8nb6sk9r
    You should try sometimes to congratulate others when they have a good relationship. You are democratic, aren't you? Everyone has their right to choose friends.