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Supporters of the Syrian armed opposition entered city ​​of Tartus and Jebla, next to which there are Russian military bases.

Approvedthat Jebla has already been taken under control by militants. “They were already in the city center during the day, at first there was shooting in the air, now everything is calm,” the TASS source said. There is an air base near the city Aerospace Forces RF Hmeimim.

In addition, the armed opposition came in to the city of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast, where the Russian Navy base is located.

An eyewitness reported a calm situation near the airbase

Appeared personnelfilmed by militants, presumably in Jebla, also on the coast. In turn, control by militants of Tartus confirmed Al Jazeera TV channel. From there also appeared video. It shows militants near the city administration building. “These institutions are ours, civil servants will remain in their positions, we call on everyone to show restraint and not to rob anything. The weapons will go to the Syrian national army, which we are going to create,” says one of the armed oppositionists. The crowd also chanted the phrase “the Syrian people are united.”

At the same time, TASS interlocutor clarifiedthat the situation near the air base in Khmeimim is calm.

How reminiscent RBCTartus is the second largest port city in Syria after Latakia. The Russian military is present in Syria at the Khmeimim airbase and at the logistics point in Tartus. In 2017 Moscow And Damascus agreed to station Russian forces at these bases for 49 years.

It became known about the arrival of two Russian military aircraft

On Sunday afternoon in the Telegram channel “Military Observer” statedthat at least two An-124 transport aircraft Russian Ministry of Defense arrived at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria.

It is clarified that the aircraft, intended to transport personnel and heavy equipment, arrived in Syrian Latakia on December 8.

In turn, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation statedthat Russian military bases in Syria are on high alert. They clarified that at the moment there is no serious threat to the security of Russian military bases.

The State Duma responded to the entry of militants into Jebla and Tartus

Russian military bases in Syria need to be on high alert, stated Member of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kolesnik.

“If they come to our bases, then we understand what it is. Cities simply surrender to them without any fight. But we will have to fight with our bases, and no one knows what is inside there,” Kolesnik said.

At the same time, the deputy noted that so far Syrian militants are not trying to attack Russian bases. “But we must be on high alert,” he concluded.