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His last visit to Vladimir Putin was in September 2021 – an eternity in view of the course of events which have precipitated in recent months, in Ukraine but also in the Middle East.
It is a Bashar al-Assad, still in place, and even reinforced, that Vladimir Putin welcomed on Wednesday.
Arrived at the head of a large delegation, the Syrian president was received in the afternoon at the Kremlin.
Since February 6 and the earthquakes that killed some 50,000 people on both sides of the border with Turkey, Bashar has reaped the benefits of an unprecedented wave of international solidarity.
This “earthquake diplomacy”, which he skillfully took advantage of, notably enabled him to reconnect with several Arab capitals which had kept him at a distance since the start of the civil war, twelve years ago today, including Riyadh , support for rebels hostile to the regime in Damascus.
On February 20, President Assad was in Oman…
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