BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al Assad visited a Russian air base at Hmeymim in western Syria on Tuesday, his first visit to the base from which Russian jets have played a crucial role in support of his war effort.
Photos circulated showed the Syrian leader in the cockpit of a Russian Sukhoi SU-35 warplane.
He inspected weapons, personnel and armoured vehicles at the base near Latakia.
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