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A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Syria November 30, 2024.

The Russian hand that built Assad also destroyed him

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE

President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Moscow extends lifeline to Assad, offers asylum to family

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham drive along a street in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

Attacks in Aleppo 'ostensibly good news for Israel,' JISS researcher says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A rebel fighter takes away a flag that belonged to Islamic State militants in Akhtarin village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

By REUTERS

A general view of the aftermath of a Russian air strike at Jisr al-Shughour, Syria June 25, 2023.

Russia says it hit several targets around Syria's Idlib with precision weapons

By REUTERS

Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters of the Russian Knights aerobatic team perform during International military-technical forum "Army-2020" at Kubinka airbase in Moscow Region August 25, 2020

Russia said to step up Syria airstrikes, disputes crisis at home - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow in September.

Syria's Assad says would welcome more Russian troops

By REUTERS