Russian special forces arrive in Syrian port: opposition sources

Al-Arabiya
March 20, 2012

http://www.middleeastclarity.com/4486/russian-special-forces-arrive-in-syrian-port

Russian special forces have arrived in the Syrian Mediterranean port city of Tartus, opposition sources told Al Arabiya on Monday. Israeli-based open source military intelligence website DEBKAfile has also reported that two Russian naval vessels have anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus.

The website cited reports from the Russian Black Sea headquarters at Sevastopol. The mission of the vessels was not disclosed, but one was reported to be carrying a unit of "anit-terrorist marines" and the other, a military tanker which joined "a Russian naval reconnaissance and surveillance ship already tied up in Tartus."

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