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Reuters: Russian civilians helping Assad use military base back home, say witnesses

Published April 25, 2018 at 3:22 pm

A convoy carrying opposition fighters and their families from the East Qalamun area, 60 kilometres (35 miles) northeast of Syria's capital, arrives in Qalaat al-Madiq, some 45 kilometres northwest of the central city of Hama, on April 23, 2018, after they were evacuated under a deal between opposition fighters and the Russia-backed regime. Under the deal, several thousand anti-government fighters and their relatives are to be granted safe passage from East Qalamun to rebel-held territory in the north

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The Kremlin says it has nothing to do with Russian civilians fighting in Syria but on three recent occasions groups of men flying in from Damascus headed straight to a defense ministry base in Molkino, Reuters reporters witnessed.

Molkino in southwestern Russia is where the Russian 10th Special Forces Brigade is based, according to information on the Kremlin website.