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Khmeimim Air Base (Russian: Хмеймим), also Hmeimim Air Base (Arabic: حميميم), is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria and approximately 2 miles north-east of the coastal town of Jableh. The airbase shares some airfield facilities with Latakia ...
Amid Russia's deteriorating relations with the West, because of the Russo-Georgian War and of plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense shield in Poland, an unsourced article said that President Bashar al-Assad reportedly agreed to the port's conversion into a permanent Middle East base for Russia's nuclear-armed warships. [14]
Troops of the Russian 102nd Military Base at Republic Square, Yerevan during the 2016 Armenian Independence Day military parade. This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the "near abroad".
In new satellite imagery, Russia's military appears to be packing up equipment at a key airbase in Syria. The images show transport aircraft ready to load cargo at the Hmeimim Air Base on Friday.
Russia's warships have been missing from its base in Syria in the days after rebel forces ousted the country's longtime dictator, Bashar Assad, satellite imagery obtained by Business Insider shows.
The downfall of Bashar Assad in Syria is a blow to Russian influence in the Middle East, likely impacting its access to key military bases.
Although the Russian troops began to pull out of Syria, much of the equipment was relocated to Libya while the future of the bases located in Syria were not under current discussion. [35] On December 29, 2024, HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria and Russia share strategic interests, and that "We do not want Russia to depart in a manner ...
Since the fall of Bashar Assad, Syria's longtime ruler, earlier this month, the future of Russia's two military bases in the country — the Hmeimim air base and the Tartus naval base — has been ...