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Kampuchea. Port of Kompong Som Naval Base. Between 1980 and 1992, the facility was used by the Soviet Navy . China. Tuchengzi and Yingchengzi Air Bases, Port Arthur Naval Base. Between 1945 and 1956, the facility was used by the Soviet Navy . Air bases in Shanghai were used by the Soviet Air Force from 1949 to 1953. Cuba.
The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus.Up until 2017, Russian official usage classified the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point (Russian: Пункт Mатериально-Tехнического Oбеспечения, ПМТО) and not as a base.
Joint military exercises. Syria and Russia regularly conduct joint military drills. In February 2022, the two countries conducted drills a week before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. In June 2022, the Syrian and Russian air forces conducted drills over different parts of the country including the edge of the Golan Heights. In October 2022 ...
Syrian special forces troops performed more than 1,500 parachute jumps over the Mediterranean Sea and the Aleppo and Latakia provinces as part of training drills conducted using Russian military ...
Russian military SU-34 and SU-35 aircraft employ flares in the flight path of a U.S. MQ-9 aircraft on July 6, 2023 over Syria. (DOD)
Armed Russian jets have flown over a U.S. military garrison in Syria nearly every day in March, violating a 2019 agreement between the U.S. and Russia and risking escalation.
2021 Al-Tanf drone attack. / 33.50583°N 38.61778°E / 33.50583; 38.61778. On 20 October 2021, multiple projectiles struck the Al-Tanf U.S. military base in Syrian opposition controlled territory, where members of the CJTF-OIR were training a Free Syrian Army unit known as Maghaweir al-Thowra. Although no injuries were sustained, the ...
On 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian civil war. [155] [156] The intervention was kick-started by extensive air strikes across Syria, focused on attacking ...