Thousands of pro-Assad supporters praised Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and foreign intelligence chief Mikhail Fradkov as they visited Damascus on Wednesday. At the same time, about a 100 miles away, Syrian military forces indiscriminately bombed the city of Homs. The Russian envoy’s presence was perceived as confirming the Kremlin’s support of its sole Middle Eastern ally, following a joint veto of UN with China heavily criticized internationally but celebrated and defended in the Iranian and Chinese press. A [...]

Categories: Middle East, SISMEC • Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, Bashar Al-Assad, Beijing, Farouk Al-Sharaa, Kremlin, Mikhail Fradkov, Nabil Al-Arabi, no bull in a china shop, Sergei Lavrov, Syria, Tartus, UN veto, Vladimir Putin