Russia and the Arab Mashreq: The Post-Conflict Period in Syria

... Council of People’s Commissars to the Muslims of Russia and the East” on dated November 20, 1917. As for the neighbours of the Arab Mashreq, history oers us various examples. Soviet specialists used their channels to provide specic material assistance ... ... recognize the independence of Saudi Arabia under its founder Abdulaziz Al Saud, supplying the country – one of the poorest in the Arab world at the time – with staple commodities, including fuel. Soviet Russia was also among the rst nations to recognize ...