‘More bullets’: Analysts mull whether Russia will move to Libya after Syria

Libya has been locked in a power struggle that the redeployment of Russia's military from Syria to North Africa could upend [File: Mahmud Turkia/AFP]

Russia’s future in Syria may be a matter of debate, and analysts broadly agree that the loss of Syria will mean little to Russia in material terms.

However, that the Kremlin wants to retain its strategic footprint across the Mediterranean and Africa – developed over the last decade – is widely acknowledged.