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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Souleimanov, Emil Aslan

Titel

Mission Accomplished? Russia's Withdrawal from Syria

Ist Teil von

• Middle East policy, 2016-06, Vol.23 (2), p.108-118

Ort / Verlag

Washington: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• On March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the end, effective the following day, of the Russian intervention in the Syrian Arab Republic. Russia’s military — including elite ground forces, the latest Su-34 strike fighters, Buk-M2 missile systems, KA-52 attack helicopters, and other technologically advanced assets — had been deployed in the Middle Eastern country, apparently at Bashar al-Assad’s request, since August 2015 and in combat since late September. According to Putin, Russian forces “largely managed” to meet their goals, while their “effective work has created conditions for the beginning of the peace process [in Geneva].” And while Putin announced the preservation of Russia’s Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus naval facility, both in Assad-held coastline areas, Russia’s unpredictable withdrawal sparked heated debates about Moscow’s true intentions in Syria, its failures and successes, and the prospects for its further involvement there.