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Putin has long boasted of Russia's success in Syria. In 2015, it launched its first foreign military mission since the end of the Cold War, and successfully achieved its core goal of keeping Assad ...
On 30 September 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin requested permission from Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, to deploy the country's military in Syria. [citation needed] On the same day, Federation Council approved the use of Russian military in Syria to fight terrorist groups, the Islamic State in particular.
On 14 March 2016, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the mission which he had set for the Russian military in Syria was "on the whole accomplished" and ordered withdrawal of the "main part" of the Russian forces from Syria. [297] The move was announced on the day when peace talks on Syria resumed in Geneva. [298]
In the wake of Syria’s over-decade-long war, a new battle has emerged. Just weeks after dropping bombs on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist fighters overthrowing the Assad regime, Russia is ...
The bases in Syria are an integral part of Russia's global military presence: the Tartous naval base is Russia's only Mediterranean repair and resupply hub, with Hmeimim a major staging post for ...
Although the Russian troops began to pull out of Syria, much of the equipment was relocated to Libya while the future of the bases located in Syria were not under current discussion. [35] On December 29, 2024, HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said Syria and Russia share strategic interests, and that "We do not want Russia to depart in a manner ...
In new satellite imagery, Russia's military appears to be packing up equipment at a key airbase in Syria. The images show transport aircraft ready to load cargo at the Hmeimim Air Base on Friday.
On 11 December, Putin declared victory against "terrorists" during a visit to Russia's Khmeimim air base in Syria. [72] Ruslan Pukhov, the director of the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies think tank, stated the usage of PMCs was one of the factors that contributed to Russia's victory in Syria. He pointed out that ...