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Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war

  • Wagner GroupIn May 2014, a group of patriots emerged from the shadows to support Russian separatist forces in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed he founded this unit on…
  • Wagner Group activities in SyriaThe first reports of Wagner Group mercenaries in Syria appeared in late October 2015, just weeks after Russia began its military intervention.
  • Russian intervention in the Syrian civil warOn the 30th of September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after receiving a formal request from the regime of Bashar al-Assad.