PARIS — The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts say.
PARIS — The fall of Russia n ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa , pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts say. Russia runs a military port and an air base on the Syrian coast, designed to facilitate its operations in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa , especially the Sahel, Sudan and the Central Africa n Republic.
Beyond simply representing a necessary replacement of 'one proxy with another,' the shift is a quest for 'continuity,' said expert Emadeddin Badi on the Atlantic Council's website, underscoring Libya's role as 'a component of a long-standing strategy to expand Moscow's strategic foothold in the region.
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