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Russia
Multiple reports confirmed the drone attack and the activation of air defense systems at the air base from which planes pummeled Syria. No groups have claimed responsibility yet.
Feb. 18
Russia
Russia finalizes a rare military deal with Sudan, securing a naval base on the Red Sea.
Feb. 14
Russia
Following the collapse of Syria’s Assad regime in December, Russia has started withdrawing military equipment and weapons from its Tartus Naval Base.
Feb. 7
Russia
Russia’s Tartus naval base in Syria became the latest casualty and Mosow’s most significant loss after the fall of Assad’s regime.
Jan. 28
Putin
After the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria’s new leadership canceled Russia’s lease at the Tartus naval base - its only major overseas military port.
Jan. 25
Kremlin
Syria’s new leadership may have just nixed a 49-year sweetheart naval base deal between ousted authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Jan. 22
Russia
The Kremlin and now-exiled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 agreed Russia should have long-term access to Tartus naval port, but the new leadership in Damascus seems not so sure.
Jan. 14
Ukraine
The shipment is a part of the “Grain from Ukraine” initiative under the UN’s World Food Programme that aims to beat hunger around the world.
Jan. 12
Moscow
Open-source satellite and social media images show at least four of the Russian air defense systems standing at the port of Tartus as Moscow’s evacuation from Syria stalls.
Jan. 9
Middle East
The withdrawal from Syria’s Tartus port might signal a full withdrawal of Russian forces in Syria following the fall of the Moscow-backed Assad regime in December.
Jan. 6
HUR
Russian forces in Tartus are awaiting several of their ships, which are currently in the Mediterranean Sea, HUR says.
Jan. 3
Russia
One of the ships the Russians may have wanted to use to evacuate troops and equipment from Syria has mysteriously sunk.
Jan. 1
Ukraine
Syria’s new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart that the two nations endured “the same suffering” and hoped for “strategic partnerships” on various fronts.
Dec. 31, 2024
Ukraine
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country had sent its first shipment of food aid, 500 tonnes of wheat flour, to Syria.
Dec. 30, 2024
Multiple reports confirmed the drone attack and the activation of air defense systems at the air base from which planes pummeled Syria. No groups have claimed responsibility yet.
Feb. 18