Historical Background and the Present State of the Russian-Syrian Relations

Abstract

The political problems related to Syria is a matter which has been discussed from various points of view in the world press in the recent years and have never fallen off the foreign policy agenda of the countries in the world. In this study we shall try to examine the attitude of Russia towards Syria, the historical political, economic and military interests of Russia related to this country and the strategies that it had followed in relation thereto and take care to perceive and interprete the general strategy of this super power in the region.

Keywords

• USSR-Syria
• Russia-Syria Relations
• Middle East
• Hafez Assad
• Tartus.