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Start of Russia's Campaign Pivotal Point in Syrian War on Terror

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Wael Nader Halqi, a former Syrian prime minister, stated that Russia played an important role in accelerating reconciliation work previously started by the Syrian government, and by establishing the Hmeymim reconciliation center Russia helped save many Syrian cities from war.

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DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — The start of Russia's anti-terrorist campaign in Syria was a pivotal point which changed the course of the war against terrorism in the Arab country and restored military superiority of the Syrian army on the ground, Wael Nader Halqi, a former Syrian prime minister, told Sputnik.

"The entry of Russian forces tilted the balance in favor of the Syrian forces thanks to the air support of the Russian Aerospace Forces and their high-precision firepower, which led to clear victories whether in Latakia province and its rural areas, the central region of Hama province or eastern rural part of Homs province," Halqi said.

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Besides military support, Russia played an important role in accelerating reconciliation work previously started by the Syrian government, and by establishing the Hmeymim reconciliation center Russia helped save many Syrian cities from war, the former prime minister noted.

"The establishing of the Hmeymim center where a group of political activists and politicians and party leaders and opposition leaders have met and hundreds of reconciliations were made, has spared Syrian villages entering the furnace of war and its horrors and thus our Russian friends have played an important role in completing what was first started by the Syrian government," Halqi said.

With respect to the humanitarian aid, Halqi said that Russian humanitarian aid had played a big role in relieving the suffering of the civilians in the country's besieged areas and outside of them, which helped raise the spirits of the Syrian people.

Friday, September 30, will mark one year of the beginning of Russia's aerial anti-terrorist campaign in Syria.

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