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Monday, February 3, 2025
Kremlin says Russia continuing talks with Damascus about fate of its military bases in Syria
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A Russian helicopter flies over the Khmeimim Air Base, a Russian-run Syrian airbase, located southeast of the city of Latakia in the town of Khmeimim, Syria, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The Kremlin says that Russia is continuing to talk to the Syrian authorities about various subjects, including the fate of Moscow’s two military bases in the country.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov traveled to Damascus last week for the first talks with Syria’s new leaders since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled late last year. Assad and members of his family fled to Moscow.
Russia, whose troops and air force backed Assad for years against Syrian rebels, is seeking to retain its naval base in Tartous and its Hmeimim air base near the port city of Latakia.
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