Write a GSL for Russia on the agenda, Discussion of the Syrian Conflict with special emphasis on the role of Bashar Al Assad (UNSC committee).
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Russia has supported the incumbent Bashar al-Assad government of Syria since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011: politically, with military aid, and since September 2015 through direct military involvement. The latter marked the first time since the end of the Cold War that Russia entered an armed conflict outside the borders of the former Soviet Union.
Since October 2011, Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, repeatedly vetoed Western-sponsored draft resolutions in the UN Security Council that demanded the resignation of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and opened the possibility of U.N. sanctions against his government.The Russian leadership rejects the demands of Western powers and their Arab allies that Bashar Assad should not be allowed to be a participant in the Syria settlement.In January and February 2012, Russian peace initiatives were dismissed by the opposition Syrian National Council and by the Western powers.
In September 2015, the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament authorised the Russian president to use armed forces in Syria. Russian air and missile strikes began targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Army of Conquest, al-Nusra Front, and the Free Syrian Army. Russia has also provided armament and air support to Turkey and the Syrian Democratic Forces in their operations against ISIL in Syria.
Throughout the course of the intervention, Russian airstrikes had been criticized and highlighted for allegedly conducting a campaign focusing on the destruction of hospitals and medical facilities as well killing several thousands of civilians.Due to this, Russia lost its seat at the UN Human Rights Council in October 2016.A report by Airwars found there had been a 34% increase in incidents of civilian harm caused by Russia during the first six months of 2018 compared to 2017.
The U.S. Deputy for the Middle East at the United States Department of Defense Michael Mulroy said that in October 2018, Turkey and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Idlib, the last rebel-held territory in Syria. The agreement was supposed to provide for a ceasefire and protect the three million people now living in the province. However, Syria and Russia have repeatedly broken the ceasefire causing a humanitarian catastrophe, as desperate civilians, fleeing the fighting, seek refuge