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2,797 metres (9,177 ft) Asphalt. Khmeimim Air Base ( Russian: Хмеймим ), also Hmeimim Air Base ( Arabic: حميميم ), is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria. The airbase shares some airfield facilities with Bassel Al-Assad International Airport.
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 ...
v. t. e. Russia has supported the administration of incumbent President Bashar al-Assad of Syria since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011: politically, with military aid, and (since September 2015) with direct military involvement. The 2015 deployment to Syria marked the first time since the end of the Cold War in 1991 that Russia ...
Liveuamap. Live Universal Awareness Map, commonly known as Liveuamap, is an internet service to monitor and indicate activities on online geographic maps, particularly of locations with ongoing armed conflicts. [ 1] It was developed by the Ukrainian software engineers from Dnipro Rodion Rozhkovskiy and Oleksandr Bilchenko.
Russia expanding shadow fleet to evade Western oil sanctions – report. 05:30, Vishwam Sankaran. Russia is increasing the number of its secret fleet of oil ships to evade Western sanctions ...
August 11, 2024 at 9:05 PM. By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East ...
July 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM. BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that the Islamic State group is trying "to reconstitute” as the number of attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track ...
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 state media ...