26.02.2013, 21:42
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25 February
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RUSSIA
The Russian navy is considering a “permanent Mediterranean task force” to be established in 2015 … modeled after former Soviet Mediterranean Eskadra … Black Sea Fleet ships to provide backbone … accomplish scheduled and urgent missions on the Mediterranean theater of operations.
(rmks: permanent organizational element but – without logistic assets/basing - no permanent presence; with such plans in mind, Tartus/Syria is becoming ever more important to them)
SYRIA
After protesters have effectively blocked all land-routes from Lebanon to Syria, desperately needed fuel is being shipped by sea from Lebanese Zahrani and Jiheh refineries to Syrian ports of Tartus and Banias.
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