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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by tzs on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:43AM (#42357746)
> Russia will be desperate to hang on to its naval base at Tartus, but that seems to be wishful thinking, but maybe it can make a deal

Do they actually still need it?

A quick bit of Googling suggests that the main thing they use it for is supplying arms to Syria, which presumably they will no longer need to do.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by nradov on Sunday December 08, 2024 @06:39PM (#42361734)
Russia had been using their bases in Syria to project power into Africa.

https://youtu.be/opT4D9vHSPo

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by tzs on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:55PM (#42362688)
My first thought was can't they just send a couple or so aircraft carrier groups into the Mediterranean and adequately project power into Africa from them...then I looked up Russia's aircraft carriers.

They only have one, which has been having problems and has been out of service since around 2018, with repair being hampered by accidents and embezzlement. It was supposed to finally get back in service this year but that doesn't seem likely.

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