“Russia-US direct conflict in Syria was close, but avoided”

Assad to RT (Exclusive)

Syrian President Bashar Assad says Moscow deterred the West from launching a devastating country-wide air strike last month, and believes that Damascus has nearly won the seven-year war, despite continued US ‘interference.’ Read more.

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