"This operation has changed the balance of powers on the Syrian ground and globally. Before the campaign, [Syrian President Bashar] Assad's army was on the verge of being defeated, losing more ground," Dhuicq, who is a member of The Republicans party, said.
According to Dhuicq, before Russia intervened at Assad's request, Syrian troops had been lacking air support to launch an offensive.
"The Russian campaign allowed the Syrian Air Forces to regain their strength, abilities and to be reinstated in their right to operate in the Syrian airspace after the US-led coalition had deprived them of it," the French lawmaker added.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to the country's President Bashar Assad fighting a number of opposition factions and extremist groups, such as the Daesh and Jabhat Fatah al Sham (previously known as the Nusra Front), both outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
In September 2015, the Russian Aerospace Forces started a counterterrorist campaign against Daesh jihadist as well as other affiliated radicals in Syria at Assad’s request. In mid-March, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to start the withdrawal of most of Russia's military contingent from Syria after accomplishing its objective, while leaving a minor residual force.
The US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been conducting anti-Daesh airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014. The airstrikes in Syria, however, are not authorized by Damascus or by the UN Security Council.
