Russia resupplies military bases in Syria for first time under new deal

A Russian convoy has delivered supplies to the larboard of Tartous successful Syria for the archetypal clip since the Moscow-Damascus woody was signed successful August.

The four-vessel convoy reached the larboard connected September 7, signalling that Moscow is continuing to resupply facilities successful occidental Syria astatine Tartous larboard and the Hmeimim aerial basal nether the caller deal.

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Syria announced successful aboriginal August that a memorandum of knowing had been reached aft 18 months of negotiations.

According to the Syrian overseas ministry, the statement volition person some facilities, agelong Moscow’s main subject footholds successful the Mediterranean and Middle East, into “joint grooming and capacity-building centres”, with Syria assuming power of civilian operations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, person continued discussions connected the aboriginal of the bases.

Satellite imagery verified by Reuters showed the cargo vas Sparta docked successful Tartous alongside the navy replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin. The Russian tanker General Skobelev remained offshore. Sparta has agelong handled Russian subject logistics successful Syria, and some it and the tanker are nether Western sanctions.

One of the Russian vessels that delivered supplies to coastal facilities successful Syria agelong utilized by Moscow’s subject [Pleiades/CNES/Airbus DS/Handout via Reuters]

Moscow intervened militarily to prop up erstwhile Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s 13-year civilian war. His 2024 removal sharply curtailed Moscow’s power crossed the Middle East.

Since then, Russia has sought to rebuild ties with the caller Syrian medication to safeguard its lone 2 subject facilities extracurricular the erstwhile Soviet Union, adjacent arsenic Damascus continues to request the extradition of Assad, who is presently sheltering successful Moscow.