Russian Air Base in Syria ATTACKED

Russian Air Base in Syria ATTACKED

An armed group linked to Syria’s new government briefly attacked Russia’s Hmeimim air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor and a witness have said.

Located in the coastal Latakia province, the Hmeimim base served as a refuge for thousands of people who fled March’s sectarian violence, where over 1,700 mostly Alawite people were killed.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said that “an armed group affiliated with (the new authorities) launched an attack on the base from a nearby village”, with some members managing to infiltrate the runway inside the premises.

The Britain-based monitor also reported “clashes in which medium and heavy machine guns were used, coinciding with the sounding of alarm sirens inside the base”.

There was no immediate comment from Russian authorities on the attack.

“The attack started at 7 AM (0400 GMT) and lasted for an hour,” a witness living near the base, who asked to remain anonymous out of concern for their safety, told AFP.

The witness heard “the sound of gunfire and shells with the deployment of drones in the air”.

Around 2,500 people are still taking refuge in Hmeimim, according to the Observatory.

Russia’s naval base in Tartus and its air base at Hmeimim are Moscow’s only military outposts outside the former Soviet Union.

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