Since 2015, due to the inaction of the West, Vladimir Putin has had a free hand in the Syrian conflict. How has this affected Russia’s foreign policy? Why does Putin believe he can exercise his power with impunity outside his national borders?
Following the start of Russia’s all-out war of aggression in Ukraine, many have been asking what Moscow’s goals are and how Vladimir Putin’s expansionist drive can be stopped. But to understand what is currently happening along the EU’s external borders, it is necessary to first look to the Middle East.
Beginning in September 2015, Putin has intervened in the Syrian war on the side of his historic ally President Bashar al-Assad. The goal is clear: Assad should remain head of state.
Russia has tested virtually all of its weapons systems in Syria. The Russian president also challenged Western states early on, from here: In 2013, after the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons, then-US President Obama stated that Russia had now crossed the red line. However, a robust response from the West failed to materialize and six months later, Russia annexed Crimea.
Putin subsequently turned his attention to the Mediterranean once again, deploying the Wagner Group to support Syrian soldiers on the ground. In 2015, Moscow made the Syrian-Russian alliance official and increased its presence, particularly in local military bases just outside NATO’s gates. Indeed, with each new development, the international community could have put a stop to Moscow – but instead just stood by, idle.
Journalist and director Édith Bouvier traveled to Russia, Syria, Europe and the United States to get to the bottom of Russia’s military campaign in Syria. To what extent has this offensive influenced the Kremlin’s foreign policy over the past decade?
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What’s wrong in that Syria was always a soviet Russian ally ..when American backed terrorists try to take over Syria Russia and Iran intervened the same what America doin in decades …😂 another hypocritical crocodile tears from western media
now tell me about us bombings
Long Live the Lion of Syria Assad!
Julian assagne revealed the same kind of torture and extra judicial killing by usa. Now he is soon going to pay the price. Atleast DW can display such this video. So where in the world is there democracy?
why so many downvote? I taiwanese so I don't understand sitution of thing over there, someone can tell me?
Germany shame on you stop your propaganda you were the Nazis remember don’t ever forget that
..you forgot to say NATO where your country GERMANY is a member helped fuel the Syrian war.. . so russia, usa and Europe u are all enquiry guilty ..
america did the same in afganistan and iraq although this is bad is is propaganda because you dont see any us video on dw about their crimes
A terrorist trying to accuse another terrorist 😂
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This is biased anti Russia 🇷🇺 and pro America documentary
i dont believe this news anymore. both america and russia bombs and kiill thousands and people .
NOW ALL CRIMES ARE BEING SHOWN!!!!!!!
HOW COME?????
WHY NOBODY SAID???? OR MENTIONED NOT A WORD SAID ABOUT THE USA'S MILITARY AGGRESSIONS AGAINST LIBYA, SYRIA, IRAK, ETC BY THE USA?!!!?? HOW COME?!!??? NOT EVEN THE I.C.C. NOTICED SUCH GENOCIDES, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES PERPETRATED BY THE U.S.A.& NATO AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!! AND NOBODY SAID A WORD!!!!!!!!?!
USA, NATO & UK bombed Afghanistan for two decades, destroyed Iraq, made Syria a failed state, annihilated Libya, started a civil war in Yemen, … and they preach human rights 🤮🤮
American and European and Russia all the countries agreed for breaking down arbic country
Its not the United States responsibility to always block Russia at all costs we are helping do that now in Europe but who cares if they have two bases in Syria so do we and we are in turkey greece bulgaria romania Hungary and Italy also we are now in control of the baltic
So where is the ICC
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Iraq and Syria were destabilized by the illegal invasions by the US and UK but somehow Russia is responsible. Incredible.
Doesn't mean Arabs love Russia..
The fact that The Muslims think it's the Russian who can save them. That's why the WEST ARE HESITANT TO HELP THE MIDDDLE EAST.
Very good overview.
Let’s protect this video, because many strikes are submitted upon the video.
A lot of people here in YouTube documentaries telling a crapload of "whataboutisms" like "what about the West?" etc. Tired of these people crying foul.
DW has a LOT of documentaries regarding conflicts or interventions, from China, Africa, and even the West (specifically American interventions in Iraq and Iran.)
Stop with this propaganda war against Russia!
That's why the west should standing still against Rusia in Ukraine
What of what the US was doing to Iraq and Afghanistan? Or its just Russia who are wrong
I do see some similarities with the invasion of Iraq by the US. Leveling Baghdad on the first few days. The employment of mercenaries. Civilian targeted bombings and the use of white phosphorus munitions. Yet again there's no one that is being held accountable.
American drones probably killed 10,000 times more civilians with their predators. And this documentary shamelessly blamed only Russian forces. Maybe they forgot that IRAQ, libya and several other countries were bombed to the stone age.
Oui
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