Al-Sharaa meets Putin as Russia seeks to secure military bases in Syria

Kremlin has not indicated whether it will agree to al-Sharaa’s repeated requests for Bashar al-Assad’s extradition.

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is meeting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow as the latter seeks to secure a military presence in the country following the toppling of former Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad in 2024.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed ahead of Wednesday’s meeting that talks would focus on “the presence of our soldiers in Syria”, who are located at the Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.

Al-Sharaa meets Putin as Russia seeks to secure military bases in Syria

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