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The Kremlin appealed to Turkey for support for the safe withdrawal of the Russian military contingent from Syria. CNN Türk writes about it.
"Russia appealed to Turkey for support for the safe withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria. It appears that they will withdraw their soldiers from the region, with the exception of the Tartus Naval Base and the Khmeimim Air Base," the statement said.
In addition, the publication reminds that, in addition to the Tartus naval base and the Khmeimim airbase, Russian units that fought against the forces of the united opposition remained blocked in various parts of Syria. They found themselves surrounded after the flight of the Syrian army.
It is likely that Russian soldiers will be brought to the region where units of the Turkish armed forces are located, and then sent by plane to Russia.
It will be recalled that the Syrian rebels announced that they captured the country's capital, Damascus, and announced the fall of the government of dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plane left Damascus.
After that, the Prime Minister of Syria, Mohammed al-Jalali, declared his readiness for the process of handing over power to the opposition and his readiness to cooperate with any leadership elected by the people.
The fall of the Assad regime has already been announced on state television.
Prehistory
The situation in northern Syria rapidly escalated at the end of November. Syrian rebels have destroyed a large number of Assad army fighters. As of November 28, about 200 Hezbollah fighters, soldiers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Syrian and Russian soldiers were killed. Iranian Brigadier General Qayyumars Pour Hashemi was among the dead.
Already on November 30, Syrian rebels led by the military opposition group "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" took control of Aleppo, the second largest city in Syria. It is reported that cities and villages were bombed. The airstrikes, in particular, targeted the Al-Furqan area near New Aleppo in the west of the city. Also, after successes in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, the Syrian rebels moved towards Hama, the clashes are now ongoing about 20 km from the center of this city.
Subsequently, the Russian Federation had to change its commander in Syria, General Serhii Kisil, due to heavy losses. As noted in intelligence, earlier Kysil distinguished himself by unsuccessful actions for the aggressor state during a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, for which he was also dismissed from his post, and then sent on a Syrian mission.
Only on December 1, Bashar Assad first commented on the rebel offensive in Aleppo. On December 2, it became known that Russian military and diplomats are fleeing Damascus.
Subsequently, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and their three children fled to Russia.
