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John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Jan. 2025
It is expected that Syria’s new leaders will close the Russian air base and port on the Mediterranean coast.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes: Israeli and U.S. officials said that Assad left his palace in Damascus around midnight Saturday and flew to the Russian air base in Khmeimim in western Syria, near the coastal city of Latakia.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
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In recent months, drones have also been spotted near the U.S. air base in Ramstein in southwestern Germany and over an industrial site at Brunsbüttel by the North Sea, which has a natural gas terminal and several chemical plants.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Soto Cano air base Trump administration US troops xiomara castro
Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Jan. 2025
It is expected that Syria’s new leaders will close the Russian air base and port on the Mediterranean coast.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Behind the scenes: Israeli and U.S. officials said that Assad left his palace in Damascus around midnight Saturday and flew to the Russian air base in Khmeimim in western Syria, near the coastal city of Latakia.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
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