The Kremlin said Monday that it continued to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after jihadists last week wrested swathes of territory from government control.
Moscow said so after Assad spoke of the “importance” of his allies in facing a rebel offensive that saw the Syrian government lose control of Aleppo.
“We of course continue to support Bashar al-Assad and we continue contacts at the appropriate levels, we are analysing the situation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, adding that Russia would draw up a “position on what is necessary to stabilise the situation”.
According to monitors, Syrian and Russian aircraft staged deadly strikes in support of government forces on Sunday.
Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, stepping into the conflict on the side of Assad’s regime on his request.
In 2016, the Russian airforce helped the Syrian army recapture rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
Assad is one of the few leaders who has openly supported Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine.
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