Despite strong Western criticism, Russia has stood by Syria in the face of a mounting international outcry over the death toll from a government crackdown on protesters. (File photo)
Russian Naval Flotilla Docks In Syria: State Media -- Al Arabiya News
A large Russian naval flotilla led by an aircraft carrier has docked in the Syrian port of Tartus in what Damascus state media hailed on Sunday as a show of solidarity by close ally Moscow.
The six-day port call by the carrier group in the Mediterranean port where Russia has a recently expanded naval base is intended to boost ties at a time when President Bashar al-Assad’s government is under mounting Western and Arab pressure over its bloody crackdown on dissent, the Syrian press said.
“The port call is aimed at bringing the two countries closer together and strengthening their ties of friendship,” the official SANA news agency quoted a Russian naval officer it named as Yakushin Vladimir Anatolievich as saying.
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My Comment: Russia is taking a big risk here. If the Assad regime is overthrown .... I doubt that the new rulers of Syria will forgive Russia for their support of the Assad government and their crack-down on dissidents within the country.
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