Russian military bloggers report sacking of Kremlin's top commander in Syria
Moscow’s military intervention on behalf of Assad’s government was instrumental to the country’s longtime ruler’s successful reclamation of most Syrian territory in the late 2010s.
RUSSIAN FOREIGN Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen meet in Moscow in February. Since 2015, Israel has shared a de facto border with Russia.(photo credit: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/REUTERS)ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF