Putin has miscalculated and is looking for ways to support Bashar al-Assad

The Kremlin is trying to attract other countries to help the Syrian president.

Russia intensified diplomatic efforts to support the president's regime Syria Bashar Assad against the background of the active advance of the rebel forces.

This was reported by analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

It is known that Russia had to withdraw the S-300 systems and its troops from Syria, probably for use in the war against Ukraine.

Now Russia is trying to attract other countries to support Assad.

Thus, on November 30, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a conversation with the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The parties discussed the need to coordinate joint actions within the framework of the Syrian peace process launched by Russia, Turkey and Iran in December 2016.

On the same day, Lavrov spoke by phone with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi. Both…