On December 8, 2025 the International Information Agency “Rossiya Segodnya” press center hosted the RIAC roundtable titled “Syria: New Government’s First Year Results”. Experts discussed the situation in the country one year after the change of government and the evolving roles of Russia, US, Türkiye, and Israel. Special attention was paid to the new internal and external challenges Syria is facing and to how they are connected to external actors.
On December 8, 2025 the International Information Agency “Rossiya Segodnya” press center hosted the RIAC roundtable titled “Syria: New Government’s First Year Results”. Experts discussed the situation in the country one year after the change of government and the evolving roles of Russia, US, Türkiye, and Israel. Special attention was paid to the new internal and external challenges Syria is facing and to how they are connected to external actors.
In the roundtable took part Head of the Department of Israel and the Jewish communities, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Viktor Smirnov, Valdai Discussion Club Expert Andrey Kortunov, Lead Researcher of the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO, RAS Nikolay Sukhov, Head of the Regional Relations Study Group, Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO, RAS Liudmila Samarskaya, Senior Researcher of the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS Amur Gadzhiyev.
