RF2JBBNMF–Damascus, Syria -May, 2022: Portrait image of Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria

FILE - Syrian soldiers hold up Baath party flags and a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads 'Yes to the leader of victory,' as they celebrate outside the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. With its war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, March 11, 2022, approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East into the conflict. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

RM2MC0ENB–FILE - Syrian soldiers hold up Baath party flags and a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic that reads 'Yes to the leader of victory,' as they celebrate outside the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. With its war on Ukraine now in its third week, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, March 11, 2022, approved bringing in volunteer fighters from the Middle East into the conflict. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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