Russia and Syria have unexpectedly maintained ties following the US and Israeli-backed regime change in Damascus last year
Russia has resumed military flights to the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria after a hiatus of nearly six months, as the two countries move to establish closer relations, Bloomberg reported on 30 October.
Citing the flight-tracking website Flightradar24, the newspaper said that at least two Russian aircraft flew to the Russian air base in Latakia Governorate, on the Syrian coast.
A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-62M transport plane flew from Libya to Latakia, then to the Moscow region on 26 October. Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan heavy cargo planes have arrived at the airport on three occasions since 24 October.
Bloomberg also cited an anonymous source close to the Kremlin as saying that Russia is resuming flights to Hmeimim, which Moscow relies on as a logistics hub to project power in West Asia and Africa.
Russia also maintains a naval base at the port of Tartous, its only foothold in the Mediterranean.
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