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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 08:40 UTC

Tag: Tartus port

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 06:39 UTC

    Be careful: Russia is back to stay in the Middle East

    Following the blunders of Russian diplomacy in Libya, President Vladimir Putin wants to ensure control of an Aliwite state carved out of the original Syria

    Russia is back. President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains a global power. He is making his stand in Syria. The Soviet Union acquired the Tartus Naval Port in Syria in 1971 without any real purpose for it. With their ships welcomed in Algeria, Cuba or Vietnam, Tartus was too insignificant to be developed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia lacked the funds to spend on the base and no reason to invest in it.