Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.
Assad's request to Putin was for him to personally handle the secure aerial transportation necessary to deliver military aid to suppor
Vladimir Putin is currently entangled in a major international controversy, after Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad has claimed that the Russian President 'tricked' his Syrian colleague during his last phase of reign,
Assad’s trove of luxury vehicles worth millions of dollars in the fallen dictator’s Presidential Palace in Damascus. The high-end collection