2015 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence
Russia intervenes militarily in Syria
Russia began air operations in Syria to support Bashar al-Assad's government.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2015.
Why it matters
It changed the war's balance and restored Russia as a Middle East power broker.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Russia began air operations in Syria to support Bashar al-Assad's government.
It changed the war's balance and restored Russia as a Middle East power broker.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2015-005
- Date or period
- 2015-09-30 onward
- Type
- Military intervention
- Focus
- Military
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Damascus, Syria
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Russia; Syrian government; opposition forces; ISIS
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
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The submitted record supplies 33.5138, 36.2765 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Russia intervenes militarily in Syria.” World Events record 2015-005. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ia.org/world-events/2015/2015-005/