According to the RIA report, the agreement will allow Russia to keep 11 warships at Tartus, including nuclear vessels. The port holds a small Russian naval facility. "Russia has come here for a long time," said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.Don't miss the top Navy stories, delivered each afternoonSign up for the Navy Times Daily News Roundup to receive the top Navy stories every afternoon. An air base in the nearby province of Latakia has been the main hub for the Russian military campaign, while the commercial ports in Latakia and Tartus have served as top supply hubs, handling ships with fuel and military equipment in a massive supply effort dubbed the "Syrian Express." We have begun forming a permanent presence there.” The Tartus naval facility, in use since the says of the Soviet Union, is too small to play host to larger warships. A Russian naval repairs and maintenance facility in the Syrian port of Tartus could be overhauled to a full-scale naval base capable of hosting large warships, including aircraft carriers, within two years, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday.
Check out reaction from news coverage at the time.By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Navy Times Daily News Roundup. "Russia needs to be present not only in the Black Sea, which NATO can close at any moment, but also in the Mediterranean Sea. Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Katya Golubkova and Robin PomeroyRussian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as they attend the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. The agreement will last for 49 years and could be prolonged further. The population is 115,769 (2004 census). Next month, the Russian navy plans to open a maintenance shop in Tartus that will further bolster the base's capability. "This is why Damascus is interested in our strong presence in the region. Up to 11 Russian warships will be deployed in the eastern Mediterranean within the next few years. The port of Tartus … "Tartus is one of the pillars of Russian influence in the Middle East, and no one knows how events will develop in the Middle East, in the world, and in Russia in the future," said Gevorg Mirzayan, an associate professor at the department of political sciences at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Nikolai Litovkin Many vacation compounds and resorts are located in the region. The Tartus naval facility, in use since the says of the Soviet Union, is too small to play host to larger warships. "Mirzayan said Russia is the bedrock of Syria’s security because the country’s neighbors still want to undermine Damascus. Tartus provides the basic security necessary to offload Russian military cargo.9 RUSSIAN NAvAL BASe TARTUS The Syrian port of Tartus is the only naval base outside of the former Soviet Union still held by the Russian military, and the Russian government has asserted its strategic significance. According to the new agreement, Russia will build a full-fledged base at Tartus and have the right to deploy up to 11 ships in the area. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool RBTH Anyway, Russia doesn’t have such a large amount of naval hardware immediately available. The evacuation of approximately 80 citizens via As of May 2013, press reported that Russia had sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near Tartus.Map of the Tartus Syrian Naval Base (Russian piers (5) off northern breakwater, most of the balance of facility — numbered buildings — within the dashed line belongs to the Syrian Navy)Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 668: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.RTR Russian TV 4 July 2012; Komsomolskaya Pravda 26 June 2012 The naval base in Tartus is the only such facility Russia has outside the former Soviet Union. Sergei Tronev, the chief of the Russian navy command in the area, said in addition to two submarines moored at the harbor, Tartus now also hosts two missile corvettes, three patrol boats and three supply vessels.
"It will make it easier to repair ships and maintain its naval capability in the region," said Yevgeny Gushchin, a navy officer in charge of the shop. Tartus (Arabic: طرطوس / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa and also transliterated Tartous) is a city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. The Tartus facility can accommodate four medium-sized vessels only if both of its 100 m Since Russia forgave Syria of three quarters, or $9.6 billion, of its $13.4 billion Soviet-era debt and became its main arms supplier in 2006, it has been reported that Russia and Syria have conducted talks about allowing Russia to develop and enlarge its naval facility, so that Russia can strengthen its naval presence in the Mediterranean.On 8 September 2008, it was reported that ten Russian warships docked in Tartus.Video reporting by Russian TV in late June 2012 provided a tour of the Russian Navy's modest foothold in Tartus. ""Ships that are part of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier group will be stationed at the base, and most likely these will be ships from the Black Sea and Northern Fleets - large landing, patrol and anti-submarine ships," said Kozyulin, adding that he believes the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great and the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will require additional infrastructure. After the shop's opening we will be able to manufacture them here."