Damascus and Moscow finalize a memorandum of understanding to restructure Russia’s military and civilian footprint along the Syrian coast — commercial facilities return to Syrian state control, military bases convert to joint training centers.
What is certain is that Trump wants peace in the region and that peace is already being threatened again in Gaza as extremists on both sides push to reignite the fighting.
Russian ships have been spotted removing military equipment from the county in the recent past.
Russia has long coveted its warm-water port on the Mediterranean at Tartus, Syria, as a base of influence in the Middle East and beyond.
The Russians have supplied mercenaries and weapons to General Khalifa Haftar’s forces in al-Khadim for years.
Russia was not defeated in Syria, we achieved our goals there.
The tenants of a peace deal are unfolding in the Middle East.
The warm water port of Tartus, Syria is Russia’s gateway to the Mediterranean Sea, and vitally important strategically for the Kremlin’s power projection globally.
As the Middle East region explodes in conflict with global players, the Kremlin has a decision to make on mobilization.