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While Russia has maintained its military presence in Syria, recent reports suggest that key agreements — among them a Russian-managed Tartus port project — have been cancelled.
ADVERTISEMENTA Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, marking the first official visit to Syria by Russian officials since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad in December.Al-Assad, a long-time ally of Moscow, fled to Russia following a rapid rebel offensive that ended his rule.The delegation included Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Alexander Lavrentyev, the Russian president’s special envoy for Syria, according to state-backed Russian media outlet RIA Novosti. The agency provided no further details about the purpose of the visit.Syria’s interim government has not issued an official comment on the visit. However, the semi-official Al Watan newspaper reported that the Russian officials were expected to meet with Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, as well as the country’s foreign minister.Moscow played a decisive role in Syria’s civil war, its military intervention helping turn the tide in favour of al-Assad’s regime as the country descended into chaos.While the new Syrian authorities have maintained relations with Moscow and allowed Russian military forces to remain at their bases, some agreements have been rolled back.Earlier this month, Al Watan reported that a contract with a Russian company to modernise the commercial port in Tartus had been cancelled. This decision did not affect Russia’s existing naval facility in Tartus, which operates under a separate lease agreement.Following al-Assad’s fall, Russian troops and assets were relocated to the Khmeimim air base near Latakia, which remains Moscow’s primary hub in Syria.There is no indication that Russia plans to withdraw entirely from Khmeimim or Tartus, despite the recent contract termination.Separately on Tuesday, a delegation from the Palestinian Authority made its first official visit to Damascus.The group, led by Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, met with al-Sharaa, according to a statement from the Palestinian Authority. No details about their discussions were provided.The situation of Palestinian refugees in Syria remains uncertain under the new government. Syria is home to approximately 450,000 Palestinian refugees who were not granted citizenship by previous regimes, ostensibly to preserve their right of return to homes from which they were displaced at the point of Israel’s creation in 1948.Thousands of Palestinians are thought to have been killed by the al-Assad regime during the Syrian conflict, according to human rights monitors, with thousands more displaced, disappeared, imprisoned and in some cases tortured.
