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Libya: 1977–2011 Port Arthur, Bohai Bay China: 1945–1956 It was the largest Soviet base abroad in the 1940s to 1950s. Cam Ranh Base Vietnam: 1979–2002 Pasha Liman Base, Vlore Albania: 1955–1962 It was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s. [5] Porkkala Naval Base Finland: 1944–1956 Signals intelligence facility. Rostock
The Libyan Civil War began on 17 February 2011 as a civil protest and later evolved into a widespread uprising. By mid-August, anti-Gaddafi forces effectively supported by a NATO-led international coalition were ascendant in Tripolitania, breaking out of the restive Nafusa Mountains in the south to mount an offensive toward the coast and advancing from Misrata on loyalist-held cities and ...
Military situation in Libya in November 2018. In October 2018, the British tabloid The Sun cited British intelligence officials that two Russian military bases had been set up in Benghazi and Tobruk, in eastern Libya, in support of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar who leads the Libyan National Army (LNA) in that country's civil war.
Yeysk air base Krasnodar Krai Ka-27M Il-20M Tsentralny air base Rostov Oblast An-12 An-26 An-148-100E Mi-24P Mi-26 Il-20M Taganrog air base Rostov Oblast Il-76MD Kirovskoye air base Occupied Crimea: Flight Test Centre (Maritime) Feodosia and Dzhankoi Occupied Crimea: 18th Anti-Aircraft Regiment S-400; Pantsir-S1; Dzhankoi helicopter base ...
The timeline of the Libyan civil war begins on 15 February 2011 and ends on 20 October 2011. The conflict began with a series of peaceful protests, similar to others of the Arab Spring, later becoming a full-scale civil war between the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi's government and the anti-Gaddafi forces.
Coalition jets appeared to have increased the amount of sorties flown over the capital and could be heard flying over throughout the morning and early afternoon. A NATO strike on Tripoli damaged parts of a university complex. Smoke was also seen on a military base, which was the target of the attack. Several people were injured. [143]
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".
Reuters reported that Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa announced that Italy would serve as a base for any military action against Libya. [205] According to Al Jazeera, a few hours before the UN voting, Gaddafi stated in Portugal's public media that "The UN Security Council has no mandate. We don't acknowledge their resolutions.