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Russia is planning to move military gear from its naval base in Syria, Ukrainian intelligence says. It comes amid uncertainty around Russia's role in Syria following the fall of Bashar Assad.
Russia sent a ship to evacuate soldiers from its bases in Syria, Ukrainian intelligence said. But it broke down en route in the open sea near Portugal, Ukraine said.
Russia has begun withdrawing a large amount of military equipment and troops from Syria following the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, according to two US officials and a western ...
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 bases in Syria are an integral part of Russia's global military presence: the Tartous naval base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, with Hmeimim a major staging post for ...
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".
Tartus is Russia's main naval base abroad, and it provides the country with crucial access to a warm-water port. Moscow meanwhile uses Hmeimim to move military forces in and out of Africa.
The Russian naval facility in Tartus in Syria is Russia's only naval facility in the Mediterranean region and only remaining military facility outside the former USSR. In March 2012, critics saw the position of the naval facility in Tartus as a chief motivating factor for Russia to speak out in favor of the Assad government maintaining ...