MOSCOW – Russia has set up a helicopter base at an airport in the north-eastern Syrian city of Qamishli, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Zvezda TV channel said on Thursday, a move designed to increase Moscow’s control over events on the ground there.
Two Mi-35 helicopter gunships were shown flying low over desert terrain before landing at the new base, which is protected by mobile Pantsir surface-to-air missile systems.
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KEYWORDS
Armed conflicts,
U.S.,
Vladimir Putin,
Russia,
Syria,
Turkey,
Bashar Assad,
Kurds,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Donald Trump,
Qamishli
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