Russia resupplies military bases in Syria for first time under new deal

Moscow maintains military foothold in the Mediterranean following talks with Damascus

Al Jazeera2026-09-15 00:43查看原文 ↗

Satellite image showing the Russian cargo ship Sparta moored at a pier in Tartous port, Syria

Damascus and Moscow agreed to turn Tartous and Hmeimim into joint training and capacity-building centres.

Syria says it reached deal with Moscow on future of Russian bases

A Russian convoy has delivered supplies to the port of Tartous in Syria for the first time since the Moscow-Damascus deal was signed in August.

The four-vessel convoy reached the port on September 7, signalling that Moscow is continuing to resupply facilities in western Syria at Tartous port and the Hmeimim air base under the new deal.

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Syria announced in early August that a memorandum of understanding had been reached after 18 months of negotiations.

According to the Syrian foreign ministry, the agreement will convert both facilities, long Moscow’s principal military footholds in the Mediterranean and Middle East, into “joint training and capacity-building centres”, with Syria assuming control of civilian operations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, have continued discussions on the future of the bases.

Satellite imagery verified by Reuters showed the cargo vessel Sparta docked in Tartous alongside the navy replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin. The Russian tanker General Skobelev remained offshore. Sparta has long handled Russian military logistics in Syria, and both it and the tanker are under Western sanctions.

One of the Russian vessels that delivered supplies to coastal facilities in Syria long used by Moscow’s military [Pleiades/CNES/Airbus DS/Handout via Reuters]

Moscow intervened militarily to prop up former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s 13-year civil war. His 2024 removal sharply curtailed Moscow’s influence across the Middle East.

Since then, Russia has sought to rebuild ties with the new Syrian administration to safeguard its only two military facilities outside the former Soviet Union, even as Damascus continues to demand the extradition of Assad, who is currently sheltering in Moscow.

大马士革和莫斯科同意将塔尔图斯和赫梅米姆变成联合培训和能力建设中心。

叙利亚称已与莫斯科就俄罗斯军事基地的未来达成协议。

自8月份莫斯科与大马士革签署协议以来，俄罗斯车队首次向叙利亚塔尔图斯港运送物资。

9 月 7 日，四艘船组成的船队抵达港口，这表明根据新协议，莫斯科将继续向叙利亚西部塔尔图斯港和赫梅米姆空军基地的设施提供补给。

列表 1/3：普京与沙拉讨论俄叙关系，就军事基地达成协议

以色列轰炸叙利亚（共3条，此为第2条），美国特使称袭击基地旨在“引诱”土耳其

叙利亚官员称“没有计划”在叙利亚建立土耳其军事存在（共3项，此为第3项）。

叙利亚在8月初宣布，经过18个月的谈判，双方已达成谅解备忘录。

据叙利亚外交部称，该协议将把这两个长期以来一直是莫斯科在地中海和中东主要军事据点的设施转变为“联合训练和能力建设中心”，叙利亚将负责民事运营。俄罗斯总统普京和叙利亚总统艾哈迈德·沙拉一直在就这些基地的未来进行磋商。

路透社核实的卫星图像显示，货轮“斯巴达”号停靠在塔尔图斯港，与海军补给油轮“阿卡德米克·帕申”号并排停泊。俄罗斯油轮“斯科别列夫将军”号则仍停留在近海。“斯巴达”号长期以来一直负责俄罗斯在叙利亚的军事后勤工作，该船及其所属的海军补给油轮均受到西方制裁。

俄罗斯军方长期使用的向叙利亚沿海设施运送物资的船只之一 [Pleiades/CNES/Airbus DS/路透社供图]

在叙利亚长达13年的内战期间，莫斯科曾进行军事干预，支持叙利亚前总统巴沙尔·阿萨德。阿萨德于2024年下台，这极大地削弱了莫斯科在中东的影响力。