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2019-12-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Militants attempt to bomb main Russian base in Syria

[ALMASDARNEWS] Militants attempted to attack Hmeimim, a Russian airbase in Syria, with drones, two such devices were destroyed, nobody was injured, Maj. Gen. Yury Borenkov, head of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, said at a briefing.

"On December 22, 2019, when it became dark, forces of Evil belonging to illegal groupings attempted to attack Russia’s airbase Hmeimim with unmanned aerial vehicles," Borenkov said.

Two drones that were directed toward the base from southeast were destroyed. The airbase has not experienced any damage and is functioning as usual.

In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin

...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria after more than two years of successful struggle against terrorist organizations; however, a small number of Russian military units remain at bases in Hmeymim and Tartus in support of the Syrian army’s efforts to combat terrorists.

The Hmeymim airbase currently hosts about 30 warplanes and helicopters.

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