(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Russia has moved a steady stream of troops and equipment into Syria which suggested that Moscow plans to establish an air base in Latakia city", the Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis said Monday.
"We're obviously watching it very closely,"Davis told Reuters, adding that "We have seen indications in recent days that Russia has moved people and things into the area around Latakia and the airbase there that suggests that it intends to establish some sort of a forward air operating base," he added A U.S. official said seven Russian tanks had been observed at the airfield near Latakia.
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