Unidentified unpileted are available at their disposal on the Khmeim air base in northwestern Syria and air defense systems, according to the independent Russian exit of the Astra Press.
Newsweek Special Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for Email Comment.
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press
Why is it important
If the new Syrian government, led by a new leader Ahmed Al-Shara, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) head, behind the drone on the air base, could equalize with his hand. These were already likely to be complex due to the earlier connection of Moscow with the former leader Bashar al-Assad. The Russian government met with Syrian officials at the end of January to discuss future relations and the Moscow request to keep its military bases.
What to know
Oleg Blokhin, Russian military blogger, wrote to Telegram that “at 2:30 was found a combat warning local time. It was marked as” a sliding enemy. “The shooting and explosions were heard.” “Pantsir” Relationships the rocket system of the Pantsir-S1, an advanced Russian air defense system.
Blokhin said: “By 3:30, the intensity of the shooting died, although he still lasted.” Newsweek He has not yet checked who was on.
Sabereen News, Iraqi news, published on telegram: “Anti-airport at Hmeimim Airport in Syria, who control Russian forces, face non-irritated drones that fly through the Russian base.”
Russia withdrew from the air base Khmeimim after the former Syrian President Assad’s rebel regime in early December 2024. Years.
Satellite images at the end of December showed that the air base was probably “emptied” because most heavy equipment has been removed, and a cargo plane in the building has arrived, according to an anonymous expert who has discussed before Newsweek.
Russia tried to provide their bases in Syria, including Tartus, maritime base, as well as Khmeimi air base, after changing the Syrian government. However, Moscow lost the Tartus base after January after Damascus completed a 49-year-old investment agreement signed in 2019. years for the modernization of the port.
What do people say
In post on X, previously known as Twitter, Anton Gerashchenko, former Deputy Minister of Ukraine’s Interior, wrote: “The data appeared on the joplate on a joint on the Khmeima air base in Syria in which the Russian troops were stationed. Russian” Z-Blogger “would be a group associated with new authorities. This is the first attack on Russian military facilities in Syria after the fall of Assad’s regime. “
In the second post on the telegram, Blokhin blamed the new Syrian government on the Khmeimim-climate attack and he wrote: “In fact, this incident proves that our bases in Syria will not be allowed normally. Such provocations are minima, in the worst case we are risking, drone every day. A terrorist attack. There will always remain terrorists. And HTS is just that. “
What happens next
At this point, it is not known where the drones passed and how Russia will respond to the attack on the air base.
2025-02-18 10:04:00
