What happened in Syria surprised both Russia and the whole world, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President.
"What happened in general probably surprised the whole world, and we are not an exception in this case," the Kremlin representative told reporters when asked if Moscow was surprised by how quickly support for Bashar al-Assad's security forces has weakened. by
On November 27, members of opposition armed groups launched a large-scale attack against government positions in Aleppo and Idlib provinces. On the evening of December 7, the opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad captured several large cities: Aleppo, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa and Homs.
