Syrian President Bashar Assad told members of a Russian delegation on Wednesday that their country is playing an important role by creating a “multi-polar world.”
The delegation of the Russian Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, headed by Sergei Stepashin, passed on a message from President Vladimir Putin to Assad. In it Putin expressed his country’s determination to support Syria in various fields during its “war against international terrorism,” which is being supported by some Western and regional countries, SANA – the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
Assad expressed his appreciation for Russia’s firm support.
Also on Wednesday, the Syrian army continued targeting rebel forces in the countryside near Latakia, killing a number of them, SANA reported.
Latakia, a port city in northwestern Syria, is a stronghold of Assad’s regime.
Western-backed Syrian opposition leader Ahmad al-Jarba visited Latakia on Tuesday amid a rebel offensive there.
Meanwhile, a new report by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) titled “Syrian Alawis Slam Assad Regime for Its Treatment of Alawi Sect,” finds that members of Assad’s sect are increasingly criticizing the regime.
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