"The crown jewel of Russian foreign policy in Syria was not necessarily Assad. It was the military bases that they held there, that enabled power projection in the Mediterranean. That's still being negotiated right now and I think Libya is part and parcel of this strategy." https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241220-fallout-assad-ouster-syria-ripples-down-mediterranean-libya #war #Syria #Libya #Russia
Fallout of Assad’s ouster in Syria ripples down the Mediterranean to Libya
The loss of its military power in Syria has led Russia to turn its sights on Libya. Could the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria see the strengthening of his Libyan counterpart, Khalifa Haftar?Leela JACINTO (FRANCE 24)
