Syria’s New Leader Visits Moscow, Seeks to “Redefine” Ties as Putin Eyes Continued Military Presence

by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Staff(Worthy News) – Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa held his first official talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday, signaling a new phase in relations between Moscow and Damascus less than a year after Sharaa’s rebel forces ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad — a longtime ally of Russia.Putin praised the “special relationship” between the two nations and expressed hope that