The Syrian dictator previously expressed support for its key ally Russia when it backed Moscow’s actions in Crimea, which drew widespread international condemnation. (File photo: Reuters)
Syria's Assad Praises Putin for Changing World Order -- Business Insider
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has heaped praise on key ally Vladimir Putin, following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Speaking as a Russian delegation visited the Syrian capital, Assad said that Moscow had helped establish a "multipolar world", meaning that power was now shared more evenly than in the past.
The Kremlin has remained steadfast in its support of Assad throughout the Syrian conflict which has entered its fourth year. Putin has supported the Syrian government by fulfilling arms contracts and providing financial assistance to the embattled Syrian regime.
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Syria says Russia re-establishing multipolar world -- News24
Assad: Russia creating multi-polar world -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: Assad is a little ahead of himself. Russia is not the Soviet Union .... and we are not yet at that point where we exist in a politically oriented "multipolar world". But we are living in a world where economic interests have developed a "economic multipolar world" .... and this is not a positive development for Assad .... because if the Syrian civil war continues .... keeping someone like Assad in power may become less economically appealing for countries like Russia.
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