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Yesterday — 21 December 2024Main stream

Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin

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By: Neil MacFarquhar
21 December 2024 at 03:14
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

A portrait of former President Bashar al-Assad, defaced after his ouster, hanging along a highway on the outskirts of Homs, Syria, on Monday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Its Syrian Bases in Doubt, Russia Sends Cargo Flights to Libya

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By: Nataliya Vasilyeva
20 December 2024 at 08:10
A Libyan officer said the stepped-up flights from Russia and Syria delivered military gear.

© Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images

A Russian Ilyushin Il-76MD plane flies over Moscow in 2022. At least four Russian Il-76 cargo planes have made trips from Moscow or Minsk to Benghazi, in eastern Libya, and back since last Thursday.

Putin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria

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By: Anton Troianovski
20 December 2024 at 00:51
The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

© Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at his year-end news conference in Moscow, which has become an annual ritual.
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