Syrian President Bashar Assad hails Russia’s hand in his recent victories during a meeting in Damascus with the Kremlin’s special envoy to talks on the conflict.
It comes just days after his troops secured the capital from jihadists and less than a week since Assad travelled to Sochi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Wednesday, the Russian envoy to Syria was in Damascus to meet Assad and other top Syrian officials, state news agency SANA reports.
Alexander Lavrentiev relayed Putin’s congratulations to Assad on the capital’s recapture, according to the agency.
Russia has backed Syria’s government for several decades but intervened militarily in its war in 2015, turning the tides for Assad.
“Russia’s leaders and its people are partners in these victories, which will not stop until the last terrorist is killed and the last terrorist pocket is liberated,” Assad says.
— AFP
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