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Since Syria erupted into conflict last year, diplomats, spies and military strategists have struggled to work out what lies behind Moscow's staunch support of its Middle Eastern ally, the Syrian ...

Russia has deep roots in Syria, particularly through its naval base in Tartus, a port city looking out onto the Mediterranean and its Khmeimim air base just further north.