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Monday, December 16, 2024
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Monday, December 16, 2024
Russia says it evacuated some Russian, Belarusian, North Korean diplomats out of Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA special Russian air force flight from the Khmeimim air base in Syria has evacuated some of the Russian diplomatic personnel in Damascus as well as Belarusian and North Korean diplomats, the Russian foreign ministry says.
“The work of the Russian Embassy in Damascus continues,” the crisis situation department of the Russian foreign ministry says on its Telegram messaging channel.
Russia’s RIA state news agency reports, citing the Belarusian foreign ministry, that all Belarusian diplomats have been evacuated from Syria.
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