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DAMASCUS: Syria said on Sunday that it reached a deal with Russia on the fate of its two bases in the country.
Syria’s official SANA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying that the Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base would be turned into “joint training and capacity-building centres, within new arrangements that preserve mutual interests”.
The memorandum of understanding, which followed a year and a half of negotiations, “set a time limit of no more than three months to complete the process”, SANA said.
In the meantime, civilian facilities at both bases will be handed over to Damascus.
