In surprise visit to Syria, Putin orders reduction of Russian troops

Islamic State has largely been defeated in Syria and, thanks to Russian military backing, Assad's government troops have prevailed against the other rebel opposition militias, said Leonid Issaev, an associate professor in the department of political science at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. What comes next, he said, will be a political resolution to the Syrian civil war, and Russia wants to make sure it has a clear role of influence in a future Syria.

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