The Russians are rapidly evacuating their airbase north of Damascus after days of negotiations where they appear to have secured assurances from HTS (the ruling rebel group).
According to foreign media, after seven days and a lot of background negotiations, it seems that after receiving the guarantees it requested from the new leaders of Syria, Russia has decided to proceed immediately with the evacuation of the large airbase it has in the north of Damascus.
Al-Sharaa, the head of HTS and the forces that brought down the Assad regime, may have publicly stated twice in the past 72 hours that Russia may remain in the region, but the Kremlin and the country's military staff appear to want to vacate the base specific immediately and leave the area.
License footage from a personal base in Hmeimeim, where the Russians now have more than 15 combat helicopters, was released yesterday for the first time, A2 CNN writes.
Based on what the international media reports, there is currently a lot of movement and Russia, according to the same sources, has received the green light to launch only transport and non-combat aircraft from the site.
Information has leaked from Moscow that it has been in open communication with HTS for 48 hours to find the golden report for its air and sea base in Syria.
A Russian naval base was evacuated in the early hours of the jihadists' entry into the suburbs of Damascus, while air force personnel were evacuated, with Russia's Defense Ministry stressing that its military personnel have evacuated the area but have not left Syria. (A2 Televizion)
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