Specialists described how Syria has changed over the past year with the support of Russian VCS.

Despite the fact that the West continues to reproach Russia for helping the Syrian government forces and has achieved only minor success in its three years of presence in Syria, analysts decided to tell how the situation in this country has changed in just a year.

As you can see on the presented map, exactly a year ago (June 12, 2017 - ed.), Almost a quarter of the Syrian Arab territory was under the control of the terrorists of the Islamic State group (ISIS, a terrorist group officially banned in Russia - ed.) Republic. In addition to terrorists, the militants opposing the rule of Bashar al-Assad in this country also created serious problems, and of course, the United States of America, which regularly bombed the government troops of this country, caused a lot of difficulties.

Already on September 12, 2017, thanks to the active support of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the influence of terrorists and militants has significantly decreased. The front moved back to the borders of neighboring states, and the army of Bashar al-Assad gradually began to liberate the territory of Syria.

By the end of 2017 (December 31, 2017 - editor's note), the Russian Aerospace Forces bombed the positions of militants and terrorists to the full, in connection with which serious provocations were carried out against the Russian military, in particular, it was said that Russia and Syria used prohibited types of weapons (cluster bombs, phosphorus bombs, bombs with toxic substances, etc.). According to analysts, such a scenario was clearly at odds with the plans of the created Western coalition, in connection with which an active campaign began against the presence of Russia in this country.

Nevertheless, 12 April 2018, the Syrian government troops, with the direct support of Russian military security services, have almost completely liberated the suburbs of Damascus, held by militants and terrorists for several years. Moreover, Russia simply closed Syria's airspace with its air defense systems and put anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes "Pantsir-S" into the arsenal of the Arab Republic, which effectively repelled the attacks of Israel, the US and the Western coalition.

According to data for 12 June 2018, Syrian government troops control most of the territory of the Arab Republic, rapidly destroying the terrorists of "IGIL" and militants.

"Without the intervention of Russian military security services, Syria is unlikely to have existed in a form that we once knew. Russian combat aircraft razed to the ground the enemy and continues to provide Bashar Assad with all the necessary assistance. It is likely that by the end of the year Syria will restore its southern borders, and completely eliminate the terrorists of the "Islamic state" on its territory ", - said the analyst Avia.pro.

* Red color shows territory held by Syrian government troops