Russian forces in Syria will give up control of two strategic bases on the Mediterranean coast

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 10, 2026 · 97 words

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Claim 1: “After 18 month talks”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that the agreement was reached after 18 months of negotiations between Moscow and the Syrian leadership.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Vienna peace talks for Syria, as of 14 November 2015 known as the talks of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), were negotiations of foreign powers that began in Vienna, Austria in Octobe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_peace_talks_for_Syria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Geneva peace talks on Syria, also known as Geneva III, were intended peace negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition in Geneva under the auspices of the UN. Although formally start…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_peace_talks_on_Syria_(2…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From September 2015 until December 2024, Russia conducted a military intervention in the Syrian civil war, following a request by Ba'athist Syria under Bashar al-Assad for support against the Syrian o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_intervention_in_the_Sy…

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Claim 2: “which will be used as joint Russia-Syrian training centers under a new agreement between the two countries”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that under a new agreement, these bases will be converted into joint Russia-Syrian training centers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Syria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia–Syria relations (Russian: Российско-сирийские отношения; Arabic: العلاقات الروسية السورية) are the bilateral relations between Russia and Syria. Russia has an embassy in Damascus and Syria has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Syria_relations

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Claim 3: “Russian forces in Syria will give up control of two strategic bases on the Mediterranean coast”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Russian forces will give up control of two strategic bases on the Mediterranean coast (specifically Tartus and Hmeimim) to Syria.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea (Russian: Постоянное оперативное соединение Военно-морского флота Российской Федерации в Средиземном море) is a task force of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea_Task_Force

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tartus naval base is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus. Established in 1971, during the Cold War, by an agreemen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartus_naval_base

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