The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Il-76 transport plane (RIA Novosti / Alexander Utkin)
Start Of Something Big? Russia Pulls A Hundred Citizens From Syria. -- Christian Science Monitor
Though the Kremlin said the move was 'absolutely not an evacuation,' some wonder if it preludes the withdrawal of the tens of thousands of Russians living in war-torn Syria.
Russia began a small-scale evacuation of about 100 of its citizens from Syria Tuesday, in what experts warn could at any moment develop into a huge air-and-sealift of the up-to-40,000 Russians and their dependents believed to be in the war-torn country.
Russian media reported that officials from the Russian Embassy in Beirut safely escorted three busloads of Russians, mainly women and children, out of Syria on Tuesday. Two planes sent to Lebanon by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Services will airlift about 100 people to Moscow, reports say.
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More News On Russian Citizens Fleeing Syria
Evacuation of Russians from Syria reflects Moscow’s doubts about Assad’s grip on power -- Washington Post/AP
Russia sending aircraft to evacuate its citizens from Syria -- Washington Post
Russia Sees Syrian Conflict Continuing as Evacuations Begin -- Bloomberg
Russia sends planes to evacuate citizens from Syria -- L.A. Times
Russians flee Syrian conflict on planes from Beirut -- BBC
Russia Sends Aircraft to Evacuate its Citizens from Syria -- Voice of America
Russians Fleeing Syria Cross Into Lebanon -- New York Times
Russians Leaving Syria Cross Into Lebanon -- ABC News/AP
Moscow sends 2 planes to pick up Russians hit by Syrian war -- RT
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