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Russia Evacuates Its Syrian Naval Base
In a somewhat surprising move (given the proxy war under way), Russia has evacuated all military personnel from its small naval base in Syria. "We have neither servicemen nor civilians in Syria anymore," the newspaper Vedomosti reported quoting an unnamed Defense Ministry employee, "or Russian military instructors assigned to units of the Syrian regular army, for that matter." As The Washington Post reports, a 16-ship Russian naval task force in the eastern Mediterranean remains on post, reports said. Cyprus has made its ports available to the Russian fleet if needed, but the base at Tartus (that we described in detail here) has been Russia’s only foothold in the Middle East. A person with knowledge of the Kremlin’s decision told Russia’s RT television channel that the withdrawal reflected concerns about the risks posed by Syria’s ongoing civil war, as well as the fear of an incident involving the Russian military that could have larger consequences.
Via The Washington Post,
Russia has evacuated all military personnel from its small naval base in Syria, Russian news organizations reported Wednesday.
The base, at Tartus on the Mediterranean, has been Russia’s only foothold in the Middle East. Although it is a minor facility, its importance has grown as Russia continues to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in its war against rebel forces.
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A 16-ship Russian naval task force in the eastern Mediterranean remains on post, reports said. Cyprus has made its ports available to the Russian fleet if needed.
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“We have neither servicemen nor civilians in Syria anymore,” the newspaper Vedomosti reported, quoting an unnamed Defense Ministry employee. “Or Russian military instructors assigned to units of the Syrian regular army, for that matter.”
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A person with knowledge of the Kremlin’s decision told Russia’s RT television channel that the withdrawal reflected concerns about the risks posed by Syria’s ongoing civil war, as well as the fear of an incident involving the Russian military that could have larger consequences.
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It does not appear that the pullout from Tartus will interfere with the delivery of air-defense and anti-ship missiles by Russia to Syria. Bogdanov again defended the shipments of arms as legal and part of an existing contract. Asked when the deliveries would begin, he said that was a decision for the “supreme command.”
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The leftists who post here .... and there are plenty .... are really hurt and disappointed .... by Putin's move .... isn't it delicious ?
Umm...I'm a rightist and I'm hoping the Russians stand firm. Any truly right-wing person is horrified by what the US has become over the last fifty years.
"Vlad, evacuate this navy base !" .... Obama's Reagan Moment
'So what's Cyprus got to do with it?'
"Cyprus signs LNG deal with US-Israel partnership" [6/26/13] ... and this, "Cyprus denies seeking bailout revision" [6/23/13] @ www.dailystar.com.lb/ via Business-MiddleEast Navigation Bar
Regardless that the story is BS, it's becoming more and more painfully obvious every day that Russia is the sole major power left in this world not completely beholden to the satanic cult of usurer and sodomite aliens that runs the West.
funny you mention that? since the 'Cold War' ended the USSA has had a free-4-all with every nation under the sun in what will go down in history as, 'No Checks and Balances as Power Corrupts with good/bad Intentions is a sure path into Dante's Infernal'!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War {1947-1991 Billy [93-01] Boy/ Hillary-ious v. The Monica [Honey-Pot?/Sandy[97-01] Berger?'s, loop-de-loop? Library Theft vis-a-vis China?!]
None of this bodes well for those who just want to live their lives peacefully.
Indeed g'kar! But, sadly it those very people that are thrown into the throes of a richman's war... head first!?
It seems that way....history always repeats.
Ziad Fadel blog syrianperspective.blogspot.com:
"READERS' ALERT: Don't believe a word of the so-called Russian withdrawal of technicians or sailors from Tartous. It has been denied by the Russian Ministry of Defense and their Admiralty. It also makes no sense. There is nothing happening in Tartous. We know because some of my wife's nieces live there and Aida is always in touch with them. The articles are published almost exclusively in marginally read journals or known propaganda factories like the Telegraph. Don't believe it. "
Today, Russian Ministry of Defence asserted that the previous reports on the withdrawal of Russian personnel from the state's military base in Syrian Tartus are false.
"Yesterday's media reports on the withdrawal of Russian personnel from the Syrian port of Tartus are completely untrue," the Defense Ministry said in an official statement today.