Kremlin says it still supports Syria's Assad and will see what help is needed

2/12/2024 19:14

        The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was continuing to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after his forces lost territory to Islamist insurgents and other rebel groups and would see what help was needed to stabilise the situation.
        
        A statement from the Syrian Prime Minister's office on Monday said that Russian and Syrian aircraft were striking rebel-held positions in Aleppo's eastern countryside, killing and wounding dozens of insurgents.
        
        Russia, a staunch Assad ally, intervened militarily on his side against insurgents in 2015 in its biggest foray in the Middle East since the Soviet Union's collapse, and maintains an airbase and naval facility in Syria.
        
        The Kremlin said on Friday it wanted the Syrian government to restore constitutional order as soon as possible and regarded the rebel attack as a violation of Syria's sovereignty.