Russian military has begun large-scale withdrawal from Syria, US …
Dec 16, 2024 · Russia has begun withdrawing a large amount of military equipment and troops from Syria following the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, according to two US officials and a...
Russian presence in Syria remains. But it's unclear for how long
Dec 16, 2024 · HMEIMIM, Syria (AP) — A convoy of Russian military vehicles rolled down the highway towards the Syrian city of Tartus on Monday as soldiers stood guard. Planes periodically descended and rose from Russia’s Hmeimim air base in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia while smoke rose from the base. It was unclear what was burning.
Russian involvement in the Syrian civil war - Wikipedia
Russia supported the administration of former President Bashar al-Assad of Syria from the onset of the Syrian conflict in 2011: politically, with military aid, and (from September 2015 to December 2024) with direct military involvement.
Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin
Dec 20, 2024 · Syria once served three goals for Russia. After Mr. Putin decided to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015, the Russians built an air force base at Hmeimim, near the northern city of Latakia, and ...
Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war - Wikipedia
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia is reported to be withdrawing (since May) its troops from Syria as reinforcements to its dwindling forces in Ukraine; according to Moscow Times (16 September 2022), the re-deployment of Russia's last reserves in Syria is under way.
Syria's civil war reignites in dramatic fashion as Russia joins ...
Dec 2, 2024 · The Syrian military and its ally Russia conducted deadly joint air raids Monday on areas that Islamist-led rebels seized control of over the weekend. The strikes were a response to a lightning...
What’s happening in Syria? How an old conflict in the Middle East ...
Dec 2, 2024 · Fighter jets from Syria and its ally Russia soon began bombing the area — killing hundreds of the rebels but civilians, too, according to a leading monitoring group.
Syrian and Russian jets step up strikes on rebels after ... - CNN
Dec 1, 2024 · Syrian and Russian jets are stepping up strikes on opposition forces in northern Syria in retaliation for the sudden offensive that has cost the autocratic regime control of the country’s second...
Images Suggest Russia Is Packing Up Equipment in Syria
Dec 13, 2024 · Russia’s ties to Syria have roots in the Soviet Union’s support of Mr. al-Assad’s father, President Hafez al-Assad, in the 1970s. Most recently, it intervened in Syria’s civil war with ...
Bogged Down in Ukraine, Russia Pays a Price in Syria
Dec 8, 2024 · Lines of Russian troops in desert khaki greeted President Vladimir V. Putin in Syria in 2017. Declaring that Moscow had accomplished its mission in Syria’s civil war, Mr. Putin pledged that ...