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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Russia takes over base left by US forces near Syria's Raqqa : TASS
2019-12-27
[AlAhram] Russian military police have taken control of a base near the Syrian city of Raqqa that was controlled by US forces until a few days ago, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday.

Russian forces entered the nearby city of Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State group caliphate, earlier this month as Moscow rushed to fill a vacuum created by US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from northern Syria.

The base, a former school in the village of Tal Samin, is in a strategic area at a crossroads that links the city of Raqqa with central Syria and its northern regions, the state news agency said.

It cited Arman Mambetov, a Russian military policeman, as saying that he and colleagues would begin patrolling the surrounding area from Thursday.

The Russian Defence Ministry's Zvezda TV channel showed two Russian military policemen running up the Russian flag at the base and a column of Russian military police vehicles entering.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Russians once again discover our trash is better than their government issue.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Snack5985   2019-12-27 17:04  

#1  Great!
Volleyball courts on the burn pit.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-27 08:20  

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