Now, Al-Asad has left Siria and so has the Ruzzia fleet from the Tartus base - their only proper military base in the Mediterranean. No, Ruzzia cannot keep the game running.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-syrias-assad-has-left-country-given-orders-peaceful-power-handover-2024-12-08/Dec 8 (Reuters) - Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases.
I can imagine the deal... Leave the base, it will then be safe.
Losing Tartous would be a serious blow to Russia's ability to project power in the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Africa, say Western military analysts.
MILITARY PRESENCE IN DOUBT
Influential Russian war blogger "Rybar", who is close to the Russian Defence Ministry and has over 1.3 million followers on his Telegram channel, said the situation around the bases was a serious cause for concern whatever Moscow's official line.
You talk so interestingly about Syria in the thread about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as if it would somehow help Ukraine. Ok, the Russian Aerospace Forces will no longer be distracted by Syria.