![]() The current arrangements, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars per month, allow the paramilitary chief to exploit some of Syria's natural resources.īashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow last March. The Assad regime is considering whether there is a way to keep the multi-million-dollar contracts with Yevgeny Prigozhin's companies, while not risking the direct military support Damascus receives from Moscow. Officials in Damascus were ready to agree to increase the number of Wagner fighters in Syria by more than tenfold - seeing the move as a route to strengthening ties with the Kremlin - but were blindsided by events in Russia last week. Representatives of Wagner Group were negotiating a lucrative deal with President Bashar al-Assad to make Syria its biggest base, just days before its troops attempted to stage a coup in Moscow. ITV News can reveal that officials in Damascus were ready to agree to increase the number of Wagner fighters in Syria by more than tenfold, Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo reports
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