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Map of the Tartus Syrian Naval Base (Russian piers (5) off northern breakwater, most of the balance of facility—numbered buildings—within the dashed line belongs to the Syrian Navy). [c] The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city ...
The first Russian warship equipped with the Caliber missile system entered service with Caspian Flotilla in 2012. [9] On October 7, 2015, Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that four Russian Navy warships in the Caspian Sea had fired a total of 26 Kalibr-class cruise missiles at the positions of the terrorist group ISIL in Syria.
On 14 March 2016, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the mission which he had set for the Russian military in Syria was "on the whole accomplished" and ordered withdrawal of the "main part" of the Russian forces from Syria. [297] The move was announced on the day when peace talks on Syria resumed in Geneva. [298]
In March 2022, Syria was the only Middle Eastern country (and one of 5 countries in the world) to vote against United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1, denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and demanding a full withdrawal of Russian forces. [11]
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian President since 2000. The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing international armed conflict taking place in Syria. [24] The unrest began in the early spring of 2011 within the context of Arab Spring protests, with nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government, whose forces responded with violent crackdowns.
The Syrian Navy once operated three Project 613 submarines. These were former the Soviet boats S-167, S-171, and S-183. [36] They operated three Romeo-class submarines (S-1, S-53, S-101). Built in 1961 for Soviet Navy and transferred to Syria 1985–1987, decommissioned by mid-1990s and all scrapped by 1996. [37]
The Syrian war became an important testing ground and boost for Russian army and Russian-based military group, such as the Wagner Group. [47] In 2022, Russia withdrew most of their troops from Syria, to reinforce their army at the front in Ukraine. [48] As of 2024, the estimated number of Russian troops in Syria is 4000. [9]
The Russian Navy [a] is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces.It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991).