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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Moscow Reinforces Missile Capabilities in Syria

Moscow Reinforces Missile Capabilities in Syria
Asharq Al-Awsat Tuesday, 19 June, 2018 - 07:00
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1305151/moscow-reinforces-missile-capabilities-syria

Moscow - Raed Jaber

Moscow continued to reinforce its missile capabilities in Syria despite its
assertions that large-scale military operations in the war-torn country have
ended.

Russian media reported Monday that Russian navy cruisers, supplied with
Kalibr missiles, crossed the Bosphorus Strait and entered the Mediterranean
Sea on their way to the Syrian port of Tartus.

Moscow did not officially announce the reasons behind bolstering its missile
capabilities in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a week earlier that his forces
will not take part in new military operations in Syria.

He did, however, leave a chance for limited activity in regions ruled by
groups designated as terrorist by Russia.

The naval movements drew the attention because the cruisers were previously
dispatched to Syria when Moscow kicked off its military intervention in the
country in October 2015.

Back then, they launched intensive strikes, using Kalibr missiles, on
several locations in Syria.

Russian military circles said it is unlikely that the movement towards
Tartus was linked to military operations in Idlib.

Experts instead said the cruiser activity was part of the re-positioning of
Russian forces and reinforcement of capabilities in the Mediterranean.

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