American Institute for the Study of War: Toppling Assad damaged Putin’s credibility

The institute stated in its latest report on Sunday that The end of Assad’s rule Which lasted for two decades was “the strategic political defeat of Moscow and introduced Kremlin In a crisis, where are you looking? Russia To keep its strategic military bases in Syria“, the German news agency reported.

After the invasion of larger cities, such as Aleppo Hama and Homs, in a few days, armed factions entered DamascusOn Sunday, it announced the overthrow of the Assad government and the liberation of the capital.

The report explained that: “Russia’s inability or decision not to strengthen the Assad regime while armed factions rapidly advance across the country will also damage Russia’s credibility as a reliable and effective security partner around the world, adversely affecting its ability to… Putin To gain global support for his multipolar world.

The institute added that it has “strong indications” that Russia is setting conditions for the evacuation of its military assets from Syria and that Russian military bases are not safe.

The institute said: “Even if Russia retains some or all of its bases in Syria, this would be a major geopolitical loss for Moscow, as Russian military bases In Syria, they are at the mercy of Syrian armed factions that Moscow previously classified as terrorists.

This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday Lion He resigned from his post and left Syria, but did not provide any information on the whereabouts of its former ally.

She added that Moscow is in contact with armed groups in Syria.

Russia has been providing key military support to the Syrian government and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad since 2015.