“Sharaa, who is hoping to secure economic concessions from Russia, including the resumption of wheat supplies on favourable terms and compensation for war damage, is expected as well to press for Moscow’s backing to resist Israeli demands for a wider demilitarised zone in southern Syria.
He may also raise the issue of redeploying Russian military police as a guarantor against further Israeli encroachments, one of the two sources said.”
The wheat stuff makes sense, one of the first foreign vessels that docked in Syria post-Assad was a Russian vessel delivering grain
The security related asks are less sensible to me, the Russian bases are about as far from Israel as possible without being in SDF territory, and ask the Armenians what Russian peacekeepers did for them
Maybe they want a counterbalance to Turkish influence?
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“Sharaa, who is hoping to secure economic concessions from Russia, including the resumption of wheat supplies on favourable terms and compensation for war damage, is expected as well to press for Moscow’s backing to resist Israeli demands for a wider demilitarised zone in southern Syria.
He may also raise the issue of redeploying Russian military police as a guarantor against further Israeli encroachments, one of the two sources said.”
The wheat stuff makes sense, one of the first foreign vessels that docked in Syria post-Assad was a Russian vessel delivering grain
The security related asks are less sensible to me, the Russian bases are about as far from Israel as possible without being in SDF territory, and ask the Armenians what Russian peacekeepers did for them
Maybe they want a counterbalance to Turkish influence?
Except the bases?