Syrian President Bashar Assad met his top ally Russian President Vladimir Putin with the evil pair backing each others' wars and vowing more cooperation.
At the three-hour lunch in Moscow, warmonger Assad said that he would welcome any Russian proposals to set up new military bases and boost troop numbers in his country and reaffirmed his support of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
In a televised meeting at the Kremlin, Assad said Russia was fighting neo-Nazis and "old Nazis" in Ukraine, according to a Russian translation.
He also said: “Even though Russia now is also conducting the special operation, its position has remained unchanged,” using the Kremlin’s “special military operation” term for the bloody war in Ukraine.
Russia (along with Iran) joined forces with Syria's brutal military campaign in September 2015 as Assad’s rule was waning.
It not only bombed military targets but also began bombing hospitals and medical facilities, killing between four and six thousand civilians.
Russia still claims no civilians have been harmed in its strikes in Syria— much like it is claiming in Ukraine today.
The meeting took place on the anniversary of Syria’s 12-year uprising-turned-civil war and Assad thanked Putin for his continued support — in a war which has killed a minimum of 580,000 people and displaced 13 million more.
The evil pair were pictured together smiling and shaking hands.
While Russia has concerned most of its war efforts in Ukraine, it has maintained its military foothold in Syria and kept warplanes and troops at its bases there.
The Russian and Syrian defence ministers also met separately at the Kremlin to discuss military cooperation.
Assad’s office said on Twitter that the two leaders discussed “joint cooperation in various forms and developments in the regional and international arenas.” It noted that Assad “renewed Syria’s position in support of Russia’s right to defend its national security.”
In a separate interview with the Russian outlet Sputnik, Assad was asked whether he would recognise the so-called new borders of Russia.
He said: "Syria’s positions are clear and at the same time decisive, and we have conviction about this issue, not only for the sake of friendship with Russia, but also because these lands are Russian lands, and this thing has been known throughout history."
Russia has claimed about a fifth of Ukraine and says the lands are now part of Russia. Ukraine says it will fight until every last Russian soldier is ejected from Ukraine and the annexation of Ukrainian territory has been deemed illegal by western states.
