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Since 2015, Russia’s military intervention in Syria has helped Bashar al-Assad remain in power. But as Russia suffers ongoing battlefield defeats and setbacks in Ukraine, the Kremlin has redirected its focus and resources there. On November 8, USIP hosted a Twitter Space conversation on the short- and long-term implications of Russia’s shifting role in the Syrian conflict, as well as what the geopolitical fallout from the war in Ukraine means for Syria and the Middle East.
Mona Yacoubian
Senior Advisor, Executive Office and Middle East and North Africa Center, U.S. Institute of Peace
@myacoubian
Heather Ashby, moderator
Senior Program Officer, Center for Russia & Europe, U.S. Institute of Peace
@DrHeatherAshby
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/twitter-space-syria-russia-and-war-ukraine
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