Russia doesn’t rule out airbase in Syria, but has no plans for construction

Audio Newspaper Russia has no plans for the construction of an airbase on Syrian soil, but at the same time does not rule out that such a possibility may arise in the future, a deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian military said. “For the moment, there [are] no such plans. However, everything could happen,” the First Deputy Chief of General Staff, Nikolay Bogdanovsky, told Russian media. So far, Russia only has a logistical support base in the Syrian port of Tartous.