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.
Images by Roman Saponkov Tsarizm has been reporting on attacks on Russian facilities since the New Year on the country’s permanent facilities in Syria, the port at Tartus and the airbase near Latakia, Hmeimim. The attacks have been mostly ignored by the Western medial. However, we believe the issue is…
Image by Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu declared on Tuesday that the Russian armed forces would have a permanent presence in Syria at two facilities, the naval port at Tartus and the inland airbase at Khmeimim. Mr. Shoigu made the statements on a conference call with…
Image by Russian Ministry of Defence Russian President Vladimir Putin requested the Russian State Duma provide funds to expand the Russian naval presence in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean to a full-fledge naval base in order to provide long-term support to the Assad government and its follow-on….
Russia Signs 49 Year Lease For Military Bases In Syria.
The Russian navy is showing off its capability in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria where Russia has maintained a naval base at Tartus since the 1970s. Ships involved in the exercise include two corvettes, the Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol, armed with cruise missiles Russia used last year to…