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The regime of Bashar al-Assad, whose family had been in power since 1971, has collapsed in Syria. Assad managed to hold on to power largely thanks to support from Russia. How and why did Russia help the now former president of Syria? And what did it get in the end? Orientalist Ruslan Suleimanov talks about it in the podcast “What Happened.” How to support Meduza https://mdza.io/dOANVOeTWQU 0:00 Fall 06:20 Turkey’s role 12:33 What’s next? 19:27 Iran’s position 21:52 Russia in Syria 38:25 Thank you!