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Russian military presence — Syria

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Russian military presence — Syria

EXTERNAL

External powersActive
Assessed as of
2026-06
Confidence
moderate
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.

In brief

Russia's remaining publicly documented presence — the Khmeimim air base and Tartus naval facility, hubs of the 2015–2024 intervention, retained under negotiation with the transitional government. Broad structural level only; no current dispositions represented.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination confirmed
Record state
Stub

About this record

Stub — a structured placeholder meeting the public-stub threshold: name, place in the force tree, broad role, and a dated status. A full profile follows source review.

Reported & historical equipment associations

Su-34: Characteristic of the 2015–2024 air campaign; historical capability context, not a current inventory claim.

Related organisations

  • Syrian state forces (Ministry of Defence) Cooperated with · as of 2026-07 · low confidence

    Limited working relationship confined to the future of the Khmeimim air base and the Tartus naval facility, under negotiation with a government Russia's forces bombed until December 2024. Terms, duration and any wider arrangement are unsettled, which is why the edge is graded low.

Campaigns

Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.

  • The offensive that ended the Assad era Affected party · Nov – Dec 2024 · high confidence · as of 2024-12

    The intervention that saved the government in 2015 did not repeat in 2024. Its bases became the subject of a negotiation with the government that replaced its client.

Confidence: ModerateMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-06

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Related structure

2 records that this organisation names, or that name it. Every one is an explicit reference in a published record — nothing here is inferred from subject matter.

Commanded or sponsored by

Actor records that name this organisation.

Participates in

Campaigns whose participant list names this organisation.