Russias Foreign Ministry said it had left some of its diplomatic staff from Syria on Sunday, a week after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
On December 15, the withdrawal of part of the workers of the Russian [diplomatic] representation in Damascus was carried out by an unique flight of the Russian Air Force from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria, the ministrys crisis scenarios department stated on Telegram.The ministry stated the flight got to an airport near Moscow without specifying how many people were aboard.The flight likewise brought members from the diplomatic missions of Belarus, North Korea and Abkhazia, a Moscow-backed separatist area of Georgia, the department stated.
The Russian Embassy in Damascus continues to work, stated journalism release published on Telegram.Following an 11-day offensive, a rebel union controlled by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew al-Assad, who fled to Russia together with his family.His fall from power was a severe setback for Moscow, which was along with Iran the primary ally of the previous Syrian president and which had actually stepped in militarily in Syria given that 2015.
The fate of Russias two military bases in Syria the Tartus marine base and the Hmeimim military airfield is now uncertain.The sites are essential to Russia maintaining its impact in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean basin and as far as Africa.On Wednesday, a Kremlin spokesperson stated Moscow touched with the new authorities in Syria relating to the bases future.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with extraordinary difficulties.
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