Geopolitics · Monday, 10 August 2026
Syria says it has reached a deal with Moscow on the Russian bases
Damascus said on 9 August that an agreement had been reached on the future of Russia's two bases in the country, the installations used to support the deposed Bashar al-Assad during the civil war. The question has been one of the hardest for Syria's new leadership, because the bases are Moscow's only military foothold on the Mediterranean. The terms have not been made public.