The Russian government today distanced itself from the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Assad, who has ruled Syria for more than two decades, fled to Russia as rebels advanced on the capital Damascus earlier in December. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the state-run TASS news agency that al-Assad’s rapid ouster was partly due to his inability to deal with the country’s social problems. “We can already say that one of the reasons for the worsening of the situation was the former government’s inability to meet the basic needs of the population amid the protracted civil conflict,” Lavrov told TASS. Lavrov added that after successes in the fight against international terrorism, in which the Russian Air Force participated, Syrians expected their lives to improve. This did not happen because of the sanctions imposed on Syria by the US and its allies, […]
Source: News Beast
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