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BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – A large number of Russian air defense personnel have been withdrawn from Syria after completing their assigned mission, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced this morning.
“More than 150 servicemen of the air defense missile regiment of the Central Military District have returned home after successfully performing tasks to protect Russian facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic,” their press statement began, as quoted by Tass News Agency.
“They were taken to Novosibirsk by an Il-76 plane of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Force. The servicemen performed tasks to protect important facilities of the Russian army’s group during three months,” the statement added.
With the delivery of the S-300 system to Syria in early October, the Russian military can relax their air defenses inside the country.
