Summary: <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and, <a href="https://airwars.org/news-and-investigations/after-six-years-of-russian-airstrikes-in-syria-still-no-accountability-for-civilian-deaths/">according to the non-profit watchdog group Airwars</a>, Russian airstrikes are responsible for the deaths of as many as 23,000 Syrian civilians. </p> <p>For Syrians watching from afar, the parallels in Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine are unsettling. <a href="https://twitter.com/borzou">Borzou Daragahi</a>, International Correspondent for The Independent, recently traveled to the opposition held Idlib province and spoke to Syrians about how they’re processing the invasion of Ukraine.</p>
