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BBC: How Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria paid off for Putin

By BBC.

Published Sept. 30, 2016 at 12:11 pm

Syrians surround a man as he cries over the body of his child after she was pulled out from the rubble of a budling following government forces air strikes in the rebel held neighbourhood of Al-Shaar in Aleppo on September 27, 2016. Syria's army took control of a rebel-held district in central Aleppo, after days of heavy air strikes that have killed dozens and sparked allegations of war crimes. (AFP)

Photo by / AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI

Russian forces have been operating in support of the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria for a year.

Their impact has been significant. When they arrived, there were fears that government forces were close to collapse. This position has largely been reversed.