Syria’s new government is open to allowing Russia to keep its strategic military bases in the country after the ouster of ...

Russia's other base in Syria is the Khmeimim air base, which it established in 2015 as part of its military intervention in the country in support of Assad’s forces against the rebels. In the days ...

The Russian military has already been steadily drawing down its posture at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria amid persistent questions about the future of its presence in the country as a whole since the ...

Russia was a key ally to Syria for decades ... of President Vladimir Putin looming over the entrance of the Khmeimim Russian Air Base in Latakia, on the Mediterranean coast.

Russia lost a key ally when the Syrian President was ousted by Islamist rebels last month. NPR visited a Russian air base in western Syria to examine how Moscow will fare under Syria's new rulers.

The Tartus port is also home to one of Russia’s military bases in Syria, serving as a key logistics hub for the Russian Navy. In addition to Tartus, the Khmeimim Air Base in the Latakia governorate is ...

The Tartus naval base and Khmeimim air base are Russia’s only military outposts outside the former Soviet Union. (Photo by Satellite image 2024 Maxar Technologies / AFP) Following the collapse of ...

Following al-Assad’s fall, Russian troops and assets were relocated to the Khmeimim air base near Latakia, which remains Moscow’s primary hub in Syria. There is no indication that Russia plans ...

The discussions also touched on Russia’s continued military presence in Syria, particularly at the Khmeimim Air Base and the Tartus naval facility. However, no new agreements were reached.

Among the diplomats to arrive in the Syrian capital on ... the Tartus naval base on the Mediterranean Sea, which dates to the Soviet era, and the Khmeimim air base near Latakia, which Russian ...