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Russia’s Syria interests go well beyond air and naval bases

February 02, 2026 5 min read views
Russia’s Syria interests go well beyond air and naval bases

Syrian President Ahmed “Jolani” al-Sharaa’s second trip to Moscow in several months was widely interpreted as relating to the future of Russia’s air and naval bases there. That may be true, especially since they play a practically irreplaceable logistical role for Russia’s “Africa Corps” that’s active in several places across the continent, but its interests in Syria go far […]

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