CNN Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer September 29, 2015 22:07:00
>> i think that russia very much wants to maintain warm water ports and airfield capabilities in the eastern med. they saw that possibly being challenged by the progress on the ground of those opposing the assad regime. >> reporter: putin makes no bones about wanting to prop up bashir al assad. syria is putin's only client state left in the middle east. the personal connection isn't strong, but putin needs assad. >> putin is betting on assad because he has to. he wants to look strong. he wants a state a small state to deal with the syrian quagmire. he's picked assad to get involved with. >> th...
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