Defense Ministry denied the information about the construction of a military base in Palmyra – Lenta.ru

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov denied the information about the construction of a military base in the historic part of the Syrian Palmyra. This was reported in the press release of the Ministry of Defense, Received “Lenta.ru».

«No” new Russian bases “on the territory of the Syrian Palmyra was no and no. In the published UNESCO satellite images of the districts mentioned by the agency Associated Press, Set a temporary camp (town) departments of the International Mine Action Center of the Russian Armed Forces, previously engaged in mine historical part of Palmyra, and today the village Tadmor “, – said in a statement

defense Ministry spokesman said that the deployment of a temporary camp before the end of demining agreed with the Ministry of culture and other competent authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Earlier, several media outlets, including the American agency Associated Press, reported that Russia has turned part of the Syrian city of Palmyra in the military base.

in addition, the Arabic portal Al Masdar News published a video journalist Agence France Presse, which shows the fenced territory of the base with the deployment of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes “Carapace-C1».

As the Al Masdar News, analysts believe that the new base in the Syrian desert demonstrates Russia’s intention to extend the conduct of combat operations zone to the cities of Raqqa, which the group “Islamic State” considers its capital, and Deir ez-Zor.

Russia since September last year, the Syrian army is helping in the fight against terrorist groups, in particular, with the “Islamic state” (an organization banned in Russia). For example, at the end, captured a year ago by militants in March 2016 the first was released in Palmyra. Control over the city returned to the Syrian military with the support of national and Russian aviation.

In the middle of March, the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian troops the main part of the Arab Republic. The Russian military in Syria continue to use Hmeymim airfield near Latakia and paragraph logistics Navy in Tartous.