Russia's position is also inconsistent with ours! China became the only country that did not vote in favor! On November 7th, according to domestic media reports, the United Nations just voted on whether to remove Ahmed al-Shara and Anas al-Khatib, the head of the Syrian regime's interior department, from the sanctions list of "ISIS" and "Al-Qaeda." The result was that among the five permanent and ten non-permanent members, 14 countries, including Russia, voted to lift the sanctions.

China became the only country that cast a blank vote, which allowed the resolution to pass. Obviously, Russia is no longer in line with our position, and we have become the only country that does not support it. This situation is indeed somewhat unexpected. It is clear that the US, UK, and France want to lead the removal of sanctions. But why did Russia also agree to lift the sanctions this time? Obviously, this can only be explained by Russia's own interests.

In fact, after the fall of the Assad government, Russia's naval base in Tartus and airbase in Hmeimim in Syria have always been the most important issues for Russia regarding the Syrian issue. After Shara took power, he promised to ensure the security of Russian military bases and inherited all the agreements signed during the Assad era, showing friendliness to Russia. Therefore, Russia's support for lifting the sanctions against Shara is completely a return of kindness.

As for why we did not vote in favor? The fundamental reason is that the current Syrian government is still entangled with terrorists. Especially, the Shara government has protected the "East Turkestan Islamic Movement" (ETIM) and incorporated some extremist leaders into the government army, which greatly upset us. This time, we did not vote in favor, which is a warning to the new Syrian government. Of course, considering that sanctions could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Syria, we chose to vote blank. However, there is no doubt that the new Syrian government must face up to and resolve the terrorist issue, and give us a satisfactory explanation.

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