Russian troops land in Syria and the first military operations begin, suggesting that the Kremlin wants to help Bashar Assad's regime in the short term and ensure control of the port of Tartus (base of its Mediterranean fleet) in the long term, the airport of Latakia and the Alawite coast (from the Lebanese to the Turkish borders), regardless of the outcome of the civil war, transforming it into a sort of Russian enclave in the Eastern Mediterranean.
A similar reading comes from a senior Arab diplomat in Amman: "After taking Crimea, Putin does the same with the Syrian coast, he strengthens himself in the Eastern Mediterranean because he wants to be a protagonist of future arrangements".
Lebanese sources let it be known that "Russian military operations in Syria have begun", explaining that these are "limited interventions". They are combat actions with "elements of Russian naval infantry in support of the Syrian army" and "this commitment could increase", demonstrating the fact that "the Russians are no longer observers but are participating in Assad's war".
Less than 24 hours earlier, at least one hundred Russian marines had arrived at the "Assad" international airport in Latakia where the Kremlin airlift is in full swing to support the Assad regime.
Russian troops land in Syria and the first military operations begin, suggesting that the Kremlin wants to help Bashar Assad's regime in the short term and ensure control of the port of Tartus (base of its Mediterranean fleet) in the long term, the airport of Latakia and the Alawite coast (from the Lebanese to the Turkish borders), regardless of the outcome of the civil war, transforming it into a sort of Russian enclave in the Eastern Mediterranean.
A similar reading comes from a senior Arab diplomat in Amman: "After taking Crimea, Putin does the same with the Syrian coast, he strengthens himself in the Eastern Mediterranean because he wants to be a protagonist of future arrangements".
Lebanese sources let it be known that "Russian military operations in Syria have begun", explaining that these are "limited interventions". They are combat actions with "elements of Russian naval infantry in support of the Syrian army" and "this commitment could increase", demonstrating the fact that "the Russians are no longer observers but are participating in Assad's war".
Less than 24 hours earlier, at least one hundred Russian marines had arrived at the "Assad" international airport in Latakia where the Kremlin airlift is in full swing to support the Assad regime.
