Russia to maintain military base in Syria

The Russian military base in Syria's Tartus is not being evacuated, Newsland reports.

Some media reported on Wednesday that 78 people from the base boarded PM-138, a floating workshop.

The facility has only 2 people operating at the so-called 720 PMTO. The rest are the crew and security officers usually staying on PM-138.

Colonel Dmitry Zhavoronkov, Commander of the base, said that they planned no evacuation and nothing had changed since July. PM-138 Captain Alexander Kashalab confirmed the information.