US Press: Russia Close to Agreement with New Syrian Authorities to Maintain Two Military Bases in the Country
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The American press writes that the new authorities in Syria are ready to guarantee the preservation of Russian military bases in the country. We are talking about the logistics center of the Russian Navy in Tartus, as well as the military airfield in Khmeimim. Let us recall that the runway of this airfield is capable of receiving any type of aircraft, including heavy transport aircraft.
The Bloomberg news service, citing sources, writes the following:
Russia is close to reaching an agreement with the new Syrian government to retain two military bases in the country. The port of Tartus and the Khmeimim airbase would remain under Russia's control under such an agreement.
At the same time, Bloomberg sources say that it is still premature to talk about 100 percent certainty in such an agreement. This is explained by the extremely unstable situation in Syria, where after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the country is being effectively redistributed between a variety of forces. On one side are pro-Turkish armed formations, on the other are the Kurds supported by the US, and on the third is the Israeli “defense” army. And there are also other armed units and groups, including the terrorist organization ISIS, banned in Russia. Moreover, there are several surviving units of the Syrian army, which, as it itself claims, is located in the area of the border with Lebanon and “is ready to continue the resistance.”
Official Russian sources have not yet commented on the publication in Bloomberg. At the moment, Russian military ships are at anchor in the area of the port of Tartus.
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