> Cuba
Because it's off the coast of America, providing a convenient location to terrorize the Americans from. If you put a spy base there, you can monitor most of the US south easily. If you put missiles there, the Americans will shit themselves in terror. (again)
What's the importance of Syria to Russia now, in 2024? Don't give me pleb-tier answers like "protecting the Iraqi Syrian people from Saddam ISIS."
The way I see it, Russia withdrawing from Syria benefits the following: Russia first, Israel second, and to a lesser degree America. A win-win-win.