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The Smetlivy guided-missile destroyer will remain in the western Mediterranean through May

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Russian Ship to Hold Drills Off Syria

12:33 05/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 5 (RIA Novosti)

A Russian warship will dock at the Syrian port of Tartus before planned exercises off the country's Mediterranean coast, a source said on Thursday.

I had no Knowledge of Russian Weapons Ship - Syrian Ambassador
20:55 31/01/2012
The Syrian Ambassador to Russia denied Western media reports that a Russian ship reportedly carrying weapons had docked in a Syrian port in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
Russian weapons ship arrives in Syria - paper
18:30 12/01/2012
A Russian-owned ship reportedly carrying weapons to Syria docked in Tartus on Thursday despite assurances it would change destination, Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Russian warships leave Syrian port of Tartus
15:36 10/01/2012
A Russian naval task force, led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, has left the Syrian port of Tartus after a three-day visit, Russia’s Northern Fleet said in a statement on Tuesday.
Syria hails visit of Russian warships to Tartus
02:25 09/01/2012
Syrian authorities have called the visit of a Russian naval task force to the port of Tartus a “show of solidarity with the Syrian people,” the official SANA news agency reported.

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