Russian Involvement in the resolution of syrian conflict

Syria is one of the countries in the Middle East who suffered jQitical turmoil caused by the impact of the Arab Spring phenomenon, the people demanded that President Bashar al-Assad to retreat from the power because he is being dictatorial dan authoritarian. Because the longer the demonstration then evolved into a national conflict between the government and the opotition group which used violence, this conflict became the international concern of one of which is Russia who intervened in this conflict because of the national interest of Russia must be fulfilled. This research describes the reasons why Russia supports Bashar al-Assad in the conflict in Syria, by using descriptive research method and using intervention theory and national interest theory. To achjgfjc the interests Russia pursued all the ways both in the economic, political and military so that President Bashar al-Assad not to retreat from his power. Keywords: Bashar al-Assad. Conflict in Syria. Intervention. National Interest. Russia