Russia, Syria agree on transferring facilities in Tartus to Syrian side

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 09, 2026 · 180 words

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What to know about Russia, Syria agree on transferring facilities in Tartus to Syrian side

Syria and Russia have agreed to transfer commercial sections of the port of Tartus, including berth No 4 and associated warehouses, back to Syrian control. Additionally, the two nations have signed a memorandum to reorganize Russian military bases in Syria into joint troop training centers.

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What happened

Syria and Russia have agreed on transferring commercial sections at the port of Tartus to the Syrian side, the country’s General Authority for Ports and Customs said.

Why it matters

"Following a series of talks between Syria and Russia, and agreement was reached providing for the transfer of commercial sections that were earlier held by the Russian side at the port of Tartus, including berth No 4 and warehouses and structures around it…

Common ground

The Syrian foreign ministry said earlier that Damascus and Moscow had signed a memorandum envisaging the reorganization of Russian military bases in Syria as centers for joint troops training.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Russia, Syria agree on transferring facilities in Tartus to Syrian side?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Russia has two military facilities in Syria - a Russian navy logistics center in the port city of Tartus and the Kmeimim airbase located near the city of Jableh in the Latakia governorate?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russia has two military facilities in Syria - a Russian navy logistics center in the port city of Tartus and the Kmeimim airbase located near the city of Jableh in the Latakia governorate”

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The existence and locations of the Russian navy logistics center in Tartus and the Khmeimim airbase near Jableh in the Latakia governorate are confirmed by multiple web search results and Wikipedia snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — ), is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim [ar], Latakia Governorate, Syria and approximately 2 miles north-east of the coastal town of J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmeimim_Air_Base

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia and Syria have reached agreement on the use of the Syrian Tartus Port and Kmeimim airbase, with the bases returning to Syrian control but with joint exercise, logistics and other arrangements.
https://russiaspivottoasia.com/russia-to-transfer-tartus-por…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has two military facilities in Syria – a Russian navy logistics center in the port city of Tartus and the Kmeimim airbase located near the city of Jableh in the Latakia governorate.
https://www.ankasam.org/russia-syria-agree-on-transferring-f…

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Claim 2: “transfer of commercial sections that were earlier held by the Russian side at the port of Tartus, including berth No 4 and warehouses and structures around it to the Syrian side”

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Web search results specifically mention that the deal involves Syria taking over management of civilian facilities, including the commercial berth at Tartous port. While 'berth No 4' is not explicitly named in the provided snippets, the general transfer of commercial berths is corroborated by multiple sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Syria–Russia memorandum on military bases is a memorandum of understanding between Syria and Russia concerning the future operation of Russian military facilities at Khmeimim and Tartus in western…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria–Russia_memorandum_on_mil…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tartus (Arabic: طَرْطُوس / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; also known as Tartous and also historically known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa) is a major port city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. It is the se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tartus naval base is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus. Established in 1971, during the Cold War, by an agreemen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartus_naval_base

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Claim 3: “Damascus and Moscow had signed a memorandum envisaging the reorganization of Russian military bases in Syria as centers for joint troops training”

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Three independent web search results (including SANA) confirm that Syria and Russia signed a memorandum to reorganize Russian military presence into joint training and rehabilitation centers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Syria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From September 2015 until December 2024, Russia conducted a military intervention in the Syrian civil war, following a request by Ba'athist Syria under Bashar al-Assad for support against the Syrian o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_intervention_in_the_Sy…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia–Syria relations (Russian: Российско-сирийские отношения; Arabic: العلاقات الروسية السورية) are the bilateral relations between Russia and Syria. Russia has an embassy in Damascus and Syria has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–Syria_relations

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Claim 4: “Syria and Russia have agreed on transferring commercial sections at the port of Tartus to the Syrian side”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Syria and Russia agreed to transfer commercial sections of the port of Tartus to the Syrian side, citing the General Authority for Ports and Customs and the Syrian Foreign Ministry.

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Claim 5: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with journalists from Arab countries on October 13, 2025 that Damascus was interested in preserving Russian military bases in Syria”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, October 13, 2025, that Syrian authorities are interested in maintaining Russian military bases on their territory.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Peace Spring (Turkish: Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) was a joint operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), later inv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Turkish_offensive_into_no…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups in the Syrian…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Syrian_opposition_offensi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov

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