Syrian president praises Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

In a telephone call with Vladimir Putin on Friday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad praised his Russia counterpart’s invasion of Ukraine as a “correction of history”, a statement from the Syrian presidency says.

And Assad condemned “the US and Nato’s destabilising policy, which led to a serious degradation of the situation in the Middle East”, a statement posted on the Kremlin’s official website says.

For context – Putin crucially backed pro-Assad government forces during Syria’s civil war.