Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had not been defeated in Syria and that Moscow had made proposals to the new rulers in Damascus to maintain Russia’s military bases there. In his first public comments on the subject, Putin said he had not yet met former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad since he was overthrown but that he planned to do so. Leo McGuinn takes a look at what the future may hold for Russia’s interests in Syria.
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