Syria is located in the hinterland of the Middle East, and Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey around it are the three most important allies and strategic support of the United States in the Middle East. If Russia intends to pass through the Middle East, then based in Syria, it can pose a threat to the three countries at the same time, and play a central breakthrough and blossom in all directions. From this perspective, Syria is indeed of extraordinary strategic value to Russia.
Syria is one of Russia's main allies in the Arab world. Moscow's abandonment of Damascus at a critical moment will make other Kremlin partners feel chilling. Syria is an important trading partner of Russia, and Russia's current total investment in Syria is 20 billion US dollars. The total amount of military contracts signed by the two sides in recent years reached 4 billion US dollars, and Syria purchased 700 million US dollars of weapons from Russia on 20 10. Russia has its only military base outside the Commonwealth of Independent States in the port of Tartus, Syria, and the Syrian opposition has not assured Russia that Moscow can keep the base after Bashar is overthrown.
The arms trade has great benefits. If Syria falls, Russia's economic interests will be damaged. Although it seems that Syria does not have any advanced weapons, Syria's national defense composition is "Soviet-made equipment". The repairs, maintenance and parts are all from Russia, and the quantity is naturally profitable.