Nasser Kandil wrote: What does Putin want?

  • The Russian President announced the withdrawal of the main Russian troops from Syria, and the remaining of the marine and air base with the same duties as before.
  • The limits of the Russian military contribution in the war cannot be verified as long as the bases remain active and available in land, sea, and air, so no one can accuse Russia that it does not implement its decision if the raids and the duties continue.
  • The timing of the announcement of the starting of the political negotiations in Geneva shows Russia as a supporter party of peace and a political solution among the Syrians, it also alienates Russia as a title of the political attack against Saudi Arabia, Turkey and its Syrian group, moreover it says try to find someone else as a justification of your defeat and failure.
  • Now the West cannot deal with the Russian role as a requirement, they want it implicitly and they attack it publicly, the President Putin said if the acceleration of the political solution under the limits of the international resolutions was not happened, then ISIS and Al-Nusra will be the two beneficiaries, and no one can obstruct the agreed solution and behold Russia the burdens of the war on terrorism as an issue of Moscow alone.
  • The balance of the military forces which is in favor of the Syrian army and its allies has become stable.
  • The coordination between the Russian and the Syrian Presidents will lead to equations in addition to political military maneuvers.

Translated by Lina Shehadeh,

 

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