Putin Orders Start of Russian Military Withdrawal from Syria, Says ‘Objectives Achieved’
Putin orders start of Russian military withdrawal from Syria, says ‘objectives achieved’ — RT News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to start the withdrawal of forces from Syria starting Tuesday.
“I consider the objectives that have been set for the Defense Ministry to be generally accomplished. That is why I order to start withdrawal of the main part of our military group from the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic starting from tomorrow,” Putin said on Monday during a meeting with Shoigu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
To control the observation of ceasefire agreements in the region, Moscow will keep its Hmeymim airbase in Latakia province, Putin said.
At Moscow’s initiative, a phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Syria’s President Bashar Assad was held on Monday evening, the Kremlin reported.
The two leaders agreed that the actions of Russia’s Air Force in Syria have allowed them to “profoundly reverse the situation” in connection to fighting terrorists in the region, having “disorganized militants’ infrastructure and inflicted fundamental damage upon them.”
Bashar Assad has recognized the “professionalism, courage and heroism” of Russian Army soldiers and officers, who have taken part in the military action, thanking Russia not only for extensive help in the fight against terrorism, but also for providing humanitarian aid and assistance to the Syrian civilian population.
The Syrian leader also stressed its readiness to engage in the political process in Syria as soon as possible, the Kremlin said.
Russia’s president also addressed his foreign minister. He had tasked Lavrov with intensifying Russia’s participation in the peace process to solve the Syrian crisis, the Kremlin reported.
Moscow launched its anti-terror campaign in Syria on September 30 last year. Russia’s participation in the operation, according to a previous statement by Putin, has its basis in international law and has been conducted “in accordance with an official request from the president of the Syrian Arab Republic [Bashar Assad].”
The Russian Air Force has been carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and other terrorist targets in the region, eliminating military equipment, communication centers, vehicles, arms and fuel depots.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2016/03/breaking-news-putin-orders-start-of.html
If I remember right there was about dozen fake withdrawals of Soviet army from Afghanistan from 1980 to 1989 before the real one. Russians are in fact regrouping and moving back to their bases because strange NATO military activity stretching from Norway to Turkey. And same thing in happening Asia also. But there’s no one willing to strike Russia or the est, beside proven nuts from Daesh, all the others are just to desperate to avoid any incident. All those NATO and Russian actions are in fact combination of PR stunt and tactical maneuvering. Net is screaming about “the big one” Daesh 9/11 scale terror attack in EU and or US, and maybe that’s the extra reason, Putin will in fact enable West can relocate more resources in order to prevent that terror strike.