Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa traveled to Moscow on Wednesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is desperate to preserve Russia’s investments in Syria after the fall of the Russian-supported dictator Bashar Assad.

Sharaa became the nominally “interim” president of Syria in December 2024, when his alliance of insurgent and jihadi groups launched a swift and sudden attack on Damascus that sent Assad into exile.

Assad appeared to have survived the brutal 14-year Syrian civil war with extensive military, economic, and diplomatic support from Russia and Iran. Since Russia became weakened and distracted by its grueling…

Read the full article at BREITBART.COM