MASNAA, Lebanon — Russia, a key Syrian ally, began evacuating its citizens from Syria on Tuesday as the civil war gathered momentum in the capital Damascus with intense fighting around the international airport.
The evacuation was the strongest sign yet of Moscow’s waning confidence in the ability of its ally President Bashar Assad to hold onto power. The UN chief said Tuesday that a diplomatic conclusion to the war seems unlikely.
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We are told a key component of Russia's unflinching support of the Assad regime of terror bringers is the decades long purchase of arms from Russia by the Assad family. There can be no doubt that Putin 's Russia is quite prepared to launder the profits of this bloodstained pact indefinitely; and resist regime change so that it may continue. It s to late for the savage Assad regime to salvage its position and by their unflinching support of same the Russian influence in that part of the world can only erode. Thousands of Russian citizens hunkered down in Syria in the midst of this ongoing carnage are notable hostages to Russia's crony capitalism,concupiscence and greed. Birds of a feather flock together.