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Black Sea Fleet Ships Ready To Go To Syrian Coast – General Staff -- ITAR-TASS
MOSCOW, June 15 (Itar-Tass) —— A number of warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are prepared to go to Syria, the Russian General Staff told Itar-Tass on Friday.
“The Mediterranean Sea is a zone of the Black Sea Fleet responsibility. Hence, warships may go there in the case it is necessary to protect the Russian logistics base in Tartous, Syria,” it said.
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My Comment: Talk about escalating the conflict as well as giving a blunt message to the region on who Russia is supporting in the Syrian civil war.
On a side note, this also tells me that from the Russian government's point of view, Assad is now losing the war. After-all .... if he was winning .... the Russian government would not be focused on conducting these naval/military maneuvers nor publicly stating that they would veto any UN resolutions against the Syrian regime.
Update: Report: Russia sending naval ships to Syria in case of evacuation -- Christian Science Monitor
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