Russia, eight war ships on the Mediterranean: Putin retires from Syria, naval fleet directed to Libya?

The fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, which took place on 8 December, marked a significant geopolitical turning point, depriving Russia of a strategic ally in the heart of the eastern Mediterranean. With the loss of control on the naval base of Tartus, a crucial point for Russian military operations in the region, Moscow has seen one of its main outposts in the Middle East compromised. From that moment, the Russian armed forces have intensified surveillance along the Syrian coast, carefully monitoring the evolution of the situation, waiting to determine the new...
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