Syria is witnessing intense US-Russian-Turkish activities
According to UK based, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Russian Tu-154B-2 transport plane arrived at the Hmeimim base coming from Russia, with a high-level military delegation on board, amid unprecedented reinforcements and air protection.
The plane was escorted by a Russian Su-35 fighter jet as it landed over the base.
A few hours after the delegation’s arrival, the same plane took off again after an inspection tour conducted by officials inside the base, under tight security measures.
During take-off, she was escorted by Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets, along with Ka-52 attack helicopters and Mi-17 transport helicopters, in a scene that reflected the sensitivity of the mission at hand.
The next morning, the plane departed for Damascus International Airport with a military delegation on board, before later returning to the Hmeimim base after a meeting that wasn’t disclosed by any official party.
The return was accompanied by heavy flights of Russian aviation over the Syrian Coast areas, with Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets reappearing clearly during the landing.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, these visits and movements come as part of a series of unannounced Russian air and military activities inside Syria, at a time when Russian bases are witnessing a remarkable escalation in movement and intensive overflights that raise questions about the nature of the meetings and tasks carried out by the Russian side in recent days.
In a related context, Monday witnessed the arrival of a joint Russian-Turkish-Syrian military delegation to the areas of southwestern Syria, in a visit that is considered the first of its kind since the fall of the Assad regime.
According to local sources in Quneitra, the delegation included about 15 SUVs, accompanied by 10 cars from the General Security and the Syrian Military Police, and headed from the city of Sa’sa in the Damascus countryside to the Beit Jinn area and then to the Red Hills west of the town, which previously included Russian military points, before continuing its route to the central countryside of Quneitra, amid a heavy security deployment.
At the same time, a convoy of 6 Russian military vehicles and 6 vehicles belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Interior carried out reconnaissance tours in the northern countryside of Quneitra, specifically in the areas of Talul al Hamar and Tal al Saifer.
These tours come as part of understandings reached between the Syrian and Russian leadership during the visit of the Syrian transitional president, Ahmed al Sharaa, to Moscow last month, in addition to the arrival of the Russian deputy defense minister in Damascus last Sunday.
The deployment of Russian military police in southern Syria aims to prevent Israel from using the pretext of a security vacuum, especially after the expansion of its control over areas in the Damascus countryside, Quneitra and Dara’a and the arrest of dozens of civilians.
Coinciding with the Russian moves, two intelligence delegations, one Russian and the other Turkish, held security talks in Damascus.
Another delegation from the US Congress is visiting the Syrian capital to discuss sensitive security issues, especially the recent events in the Syrian Coast and Swaida, also discussing the issue of the Caesar Act.
