BEIRUT (Reuters) - With the map of Syria's conflict decisively redrawn in President Bashar al-Assad's favour, his Russian allies want to convert military gains into a settlement that stabilises the shattered nation and secures their interests in the region.
A year after the opposition's defeat in Aleppo, government forces backed by Russia and Iran have recovered large swathes of territory as Islamic State's "caliphate" collapses.
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