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Post Assad Syria sill dependent on Russian oil

Sharaa's forces swept into Damascus in December 2024 and ended the rule of Russian-backed Bashar al-Assad's half-century ...
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Russia Threatened to Halt Syrian Oil Operations if Assad Regime Didn’t Pay Debt

Leaked meeting minutes show Russia’s deputy defense minister leaning on Syria to pay a $37-million bill for keeping oil ...
Wall Street Journal

Bashar al-Assad

Syria defies Russia in bid to keep Assad in power even as the two allies prepare an offensive to retake Aleppo. Putin Backs Assad, Says Russian Warplanes Could Redeploy to Syria in Hours Russian ...
TradeWinds

Syria playing high-stakes game as Russian tanker shipments dominate imports

Russia is dominating tanker imports of oil to Syria's post-Bashar al-Assad government. But doing business with the Vladimir ...
The Kyiv Independent on MSN

From Assad to al-Sharaa — Putin's 'desperate attempt' to retain foothold in the Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in what experts described as the Kremlin's bid to cling to its foothold in the Middle East amid mounting setbacks and ...
KCRW

Mr. Assad Goes to Moscow

It appears that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is not staying home anymore because he's afraid of a coup. Yesterday he visited Moscow at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, who has been giving ...