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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Syria’s Assad tours Russian military base in Latakia
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSyrian military media publishes a video of President Bashar Assad inspecting the Russian Hmeimim air base in western Syria and climbing into the cockpit of a Russian SU-35 fighter jet.
The military media outlet says Assad is accompanied by the Russian Army’s Chief of Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, to inspect the base near the coastal city of Latakia.
Russia’s air intervention from September 2015 against rebels pushed the Syrian civil war decisively in Assad’s favor.
Photos posted by the military media show a Russian helicopter and armored trucks on base.
The president wears a business suit and is accompanied by Russian staff in military uniform.
— AP
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