Show threadPutin's IBSJan 9, 2025

aircraft was sent to the waters of the #Mediterranean_Sea to monitor the #Sparta_II ship.

The vessel, previously used to transport equipment from #Crimea to #Syria and listed under #US sanctions, reportedly did not receive permission from the #Hayat_Tahrir_al_Sham group, which overthrown #Assad loyal to the #Kremlin, according to Z-channel #Rybar. As a result, the evacuation of #Tartus has come to a de facto halt.

Satellite images reveal that the #Russian military has brought a significant

Putin's IBSJan 9, 2025

The new #Syrian authorities have refused to let a #Russian evacuation ship into the #Tartus naval base, according to #MarineTraffic data and reports of '#Z_war correspondents' and #OSINT analyst

The #Sparta_II cargo ship left the port of #Baltiysk, #Kaliningrad region, on December 11 and arrived off the #Syrian coast on January 5. But since then, for more than four days, the vessel has been drifting near #Tartus without entering the port. Meanwhile, a #US Navy #P_8A_Poseidon maritime patrol