permanent Russian bases abroad and are vital in Russian efforts to keep a check on the Middle East. While initially established as simple outposts on Syrian bases, they later grew to become ...

The fall of the Bashar Al-Assad regime presents Russia with a complex dilemma regarding the fate of its bases in Latakia and Tartus Last week, Moscow opened lines of communication with the new ...

Tartus is Russia's main naval base overseas, providing the country with critical access to a warm-water port. Moscow uses Hmeimim to move military forces in and out of Africa. That makes these ...

Russian aircraft have been observed loading military equipment at Khmeimim Air Base in Syria ... and their regional challengers from abroad”, had sought to sow chaos in the region.

Britain, France and Russia, by contrast, have about 30 foreign bases combined. By my calculation, maintaining bases and troops overseas cost $85 to $100 billion in fiscal year 2014; the total with ...

The ousting of Bashar al-Assad has thrown the future of Russia’s bases – the Hmeimim airbase in Latakia and the Tartous naval facility – into question. Russia is pulling back its military ...