Assad says he will look east when it comes to political, economic and cultural relations.

In other words Russia........Assad said the failure of the "project West" and thanked Russia

No surprise really, we are looking at the whole middle east falling under Russian control eventually. weak Trump, run by Putin and the US state dept has never been is such a disastrous state

https://apnews.com/25edb9c10262481782bd9a4d712c045a/Syria's-Assad-rejects-security-cooperation-with-the-West