(Times of Israel) Ilan Ben Zion - Russia was completing the withdrawal of its citizens and military personnel from its naval base in Tartus, Syria, the Saudi daily Al Watan reported on Sunday. Free Syrian Army Major Maher al-Naimi said that Russian and Cypriot ships docked at the port in order to evacuate the remaining Russian technicians as well as 52 of the 72 armored vehicles from the military installation. Moscow has operated the ship repair and refueling station at Tartus since 1971. It is the sole remaining Russian military base outside of the former Soviet Union.
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