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More mysterious drones were reportedly intercepted late on March 28 close to Russia’s two main bases on the Syrian coast.
At least three drones were downed over the town of Sahm al-Bahr, according to Syrian media reports, which said that the interceptions were carried out by Russian air defenses.
Sahm al-Bahr is locateds some 23 kilometers to the north of the port of Tartus, which hosts a base of the Russian Navy, and around 30 kilometers to the south of Khmeimim Air Base where the bulk of the Russian military group in Syria is deployed.
An air defense base of the former Syrian Arab Army with a Soviet-made S-125 system is located right next to Sahm al-Bahr. However, the forces of the Syrian interim government have not yet managed to bring any of the country’s air defenses back to service.
At least two drones were intercepted earlier in the day by Russian air defenses close to the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim.
It remains unclear if the drones shot down over the Syrian coast during the day were on their way to attack the Russian bases, or just to spy on them.
Tensions have been mounting on the coast since government forces unleashed a deadly crackdown against the Alawite religious minority, which makes up most of the region’s population, earlier in the month. More than 1,600 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed and tens of thousands others were displaced, with nearly 10,000 taking refuge at Khmeimim.
Still, there has been no frection whatsoever between the government and Russian forces operating in Tartus and Khmeimim.
While Russia and the Syrian interim are yet to reach an agreement on the future of the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim, the two sides maintain high levels of communications.
Earlier this week, reports revealed that Russian forces expanded their control around Khmeimim, entering at least three nearby towns to secure the air base. The move was apparently coordinated with government forces which withdrew from the towns of Qubaisiya, Bakhdarmo, and Khirbet al-Ashar.
A third party seeking to spark a conflict on the coast may be behind the recent drone incidents. After the fall of the Assad regime last December, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, SVR, warned after that the United States and British intelligence services were preparing “terrorist acts” against Russian bases in Syria, including the use of drones.
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are they israeli-made or turkish-made. there’s hardly anything like “mysterious drones” when only these two major drone producers could be the culprits.
a response against this ‘third party’ is so long overdue. nothing like kicking some asinine nuisance corgi in its’ nutsack with a steelcap boot. every mongrel deserves a fucken good kicking, regularly.
syria proved that russia is not even a regional power…the allies will evict russia from its naval base…heheheh
on the contrary, israel is very satisfied with russia, israel will russia keep its bases in syria… haha
southfront should go back to using ai to write their articles, then we would be spared the god-awful typos such as “frection”
hi amerikunt…”amerikunts have no imagination–they reduce thinking to spelling”. philip slater
“the amerikan spelling fetish derives from amerikan lack of curiosity”. daniel boorstin
“only amerikunts fetishize the alphabet”. richard hofstdter
russianus penetrated every day…heheheh
homo amerikan pay taliban 3 trillion $ for sodomy lessons—we amerikunts luv swallow mulatto semen
idf trying to force the russians out
likely a mossad led mission . did they get shabbos goy nations to cooperate ? probably .
in amerika we prefer trannys—20 years taliban sodomy and my diarrhea filled w monkey pox
so now the turkish and hts drones are a mystery cause russia does not want to admit it and have to retaliate to it. but newsflash the russian supported government is gone the russians should leave. the people who they gave hope to are now beeing slauthered outsite the gates of their bases.