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Examples
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Rear Adm. Baranov disclosed that the warships in Tartus had brought engineering crews to widen and dredge the harbor to accommodate additional, fleet vessels.
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Rear Adm. Baranov disclosed that the warships in Tartus had brought engineering crews to widen and dredge the harbor to accommodate additional, fleet vessels.
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On 29 May 2005, he was arrested at his office in Tartus, 130 kilometres north of Damascus.
- Boing Boing 2006
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There is a Russian naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, which is the only Russian military base abroad at present.
The Guardian World News Matthew Weaver 2011
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Syrian coastal city of Tartus, which is being expanded as a base for Russia's Black Sea fleet.
Latest Articles 2010
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But facts on the ground are more eloquent: every single minority and ethnicity across Syria has risen in revolt, repelled by the war crimes it has been witness to: Alawites in Jableh and Tartus; Ismailis in Salamieh; Armenians in Aleppo and Damascus; Assyrians in Qamishli; Kurds in the whole of the al-Jazira; Sunnis and Christians of all denominations in Hama and Homs and Latakia; Bedouins in Deir Ezzor and Daraa; Druze in Swaida.
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Two weeks ago, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov called at the Syrian port of Tartus and, according to reports, dropped off a few tons of ammunitions.
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Moscow is Syria's largest arms supplier and maintains a naval base in Tartus.
New Bid to Stifle Iran Aid to Syria Jay Solomon 2012
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The Mediterranean Sea access is extremely valuable for the Russians who helped build a huge modern port in Tartus, 150 miles south of Damascus.
Haggai Carmon: Iran, Russia and Hezbollah: Strange Bedfellows in Syria Haggai Carmon 2011
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The Mediterranean Sea access is extremely valuable for the Russians who helped build a huge modern port in Tartus, 150 miles south of Damascus.
Haggai Carmon: Iran, Russia and Hezbollah: Strange Bedfellows in Syria Haggai Carmon 2011
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