World Bulletin / News Desk

Souvenir mugs and plates featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin are being sold in Syria.

The souvenirs with Putin's face printed on them were spotted in one of the souvenir shops in the Old City of Syrian capital Damascus.

Putin's Russia, a decades-long backer of Syria's regime, launched air strikes in Syria on September 30, allowing the Damascus regime to regain territory lost more than three years ago.