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As in Ukraine today, humanitarian corridors were opened in 2016 in Syria, where Russia supported Bashar al-Assad’s troops. What to question the goodwill of the Kremlin.
Aleppo (Syria), 2016, Irpin (Ukraine), 2022. In both countries, civilians have been caught up in the war, at the heart of a deliberate strategy. If in Syria, the Russian army supported Bashar Al-Assad’s troops, it is directly at work in Ukraine. “Wars are alike. We saw that Mr. Putin had trained in Syria. He tried his missiles, he destroyed Aleppo”indicates General Vincent Desportes, former director of the School of War.
In recent days, a strategy already observed in Syria has been taking shape in Ukraine: that of humanitarian corridors. On Monday March 7, Russia offered to evacuate Ukrainian civilians, mainly to its territories, or those of its Belarusian ally. In Syria, Damascus had made the same proposal to the rebel cities. The corridors led to areas controlled by the Syrian regime. Under the guise of a humanitarian gesture, the operation would demonize those who refuse to leave, thus justifying the bombardments.
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