Russia sent a delegation of high-level diplomats to Damascus on Tuesday, the first official contact between Moscow and the insurgent government that overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December.

According to Russia’s state-run Tass news service, the Damascus delegation included Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Alexander Lavrentyev, Special Representative for Syria.

Lavrentyev, who was appointed by Ru

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