What we know is that Putin has decided to come to the aid of Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime. Russian bombs and missiles are now raining down on an array of armed groups that have been fighting Syrian government forces, which has given the regime the breathing space that Russia’s intervention was intended to provide.
我们知道，普京决定出手助身陷重围的巴沙尔·阿萨德政权一臂之力。眼下，俄罗斯炸弹和导弹像雨点一样朝与叙利亚政府军对抗的武装集团打去，这给了巴沙尔政权喘息空间——也是俄罗斯干预的初衷。