THE OCCUPATION ENTERS A NEW PHASE as Putin makes his move to ‘annex’ Syria

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Loyal Russian and Syrian websites report that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a presidential decree about Syria, which Syrians described as a continuation of the country’s occupation.

Russia Today reported that Putin signed a decree authorizing the Defense and Foreign Ministries to conduct negotiations with what he called the “Syrian Government” in order to hand over military installations and additional marine areas in Syria.

The Russian-speaking website stated that Putin agreed in the decree, published on the official portal of legal information, to the Russian Government’s proposal of Protocol No. 1 on the “Delivery of immovable property and additional marine areas” consummating the agreement concluded in August 2015 between Moscow  And Damascus regarding the deployment of the Russian Air Force in Syria, in the words of the site.

Opposition Syrians were quick to denounce the decision as a surprise that many described as a continuation of the occupation in that the Russians have become the owners of the country.

The opposition doctor, Dr. Yahya Al-Aridi, wrote on his Twitter page commenting on the news, that the first fruits of the Russian occupation in Syria is that they will have a real presence in the Middle East with a new naval base on the Mediterranean.

He added, “Were it not for this criminal client regime, the Syrians would not have seen the occupation.”

A few weeks ago, Russia changed the name of its ambassador to the Assad regime and gave it a new title, the “Special Envoy of the Russian President to Syria”. This was the same title which Syrians considered as “High Commissioner” given to the leader of the French occupier in Syria before independence in 1946.

Since 2015, Russia began to expand its military influence in Syria, establishing a number of huge land and sea bases, the most prominent of which is the famous Khmeimim base in Latakia, from which they run the Assad Regime in addition to the Port of Tartus, and many bases in Homs and Hasaka.

And, as the Syrian economy is rapidly tanking for the average Syrian citizen where the monthly per capita income, currently is at an all-time low of around $25 USD, Assad and his regime do nothing to help alleviate the suffering.  Instead their focus now appears to begin repayment of their debt to Putin by giving away some of Syria’s  assets.

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