It also contains the Russian navy’s only base on the Mediterranean Sea, in the port city of Tartus. The Russians know Tartus is in trouble. On December 3, commercial satellite imagery revealed ...

The operation is to be carried out from the port of Tartus. "At the naval base in the Syrian city of Tartus, the Russians are waiting for warships to remove equipment and weapons," Ukrainian ...

The Syrian Civil Defense, famously known as the White Helmets, said Wednesday that its firefighters had extinguished 20 forest fires in Latakia and Tartus provinces in northern Syria. The ...

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With the new Syrian government likely to kick the Russians out of their base in Tartus, Port Sudan would be Russia’s only foreign naval base. "Moscow views Sudan, because of its strategic ...

Supported by By Christina Goldbaum Photographs by David Guttenfelder Reporting from Baniyas in Tartus Province, Syria The Syrian city was nearly empty in early March, its streets littered with ...

TASS/. Some Syrians have sought refuge at Russia’s Hmeimim Air Base to escape violence in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, Moscow’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily ...

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According to him, armed units entered the cities of Tartus and Jableh after the opposition announced the ousting of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The source also stressed that opposition members ...

The Trump administration is warning of "serious consequences" over Russia’s plans to open a naval base in war-torn Sudan.