10 Jul 2012 14:47

Group of Russian Northern Fleet ships heading to Syria - source

MOSCOW. July 10 (Interfax-AVN) - The large anti-submarine ship, Admiral Chabanenko, and three large landing ships left Severomorsk on Tuesday for the Mediterranean Sea, where they are due to enter the Syrian port of Tartous, a military diplomatic source told Interfax-AVN.

"The program involves a visit to the Syrian port of Tartous which hosts a [Russian] naval base," the source said.

During the journey, the Northern Fleet ships will be joined by the Baltic Fleet's Yaroslav Mudry escort vessel and vessels from an auxiliary fleet, he said.