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Turkey Shrouding Troop Deployment in Syria With Russian Airbase Rumors

Sputnik News

14:29 25.01.2016(updated 15:30 25.01.2016)

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said that media reports on a new Russian base in Syria may be an attempt to cover-up information about Turkey's deployment of a large group of troops to the Syrian border.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Media reports on a new Russian base in Syria may be an attempt to cover-up information about Turkey's deployment of a large group of troops to the Syrian border, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday.

'[Russia] has no 'new' airbases or additional 'stage' airfields for Russian warplanes in the Syrian Arab Republic, and has no plans to create them [in the future],' according to Konashenkov told journalists.

Earlier The Times published a story claiming that Russia had plans of creating a new airbase in Syria.

'Rumors published by 'The Times' newspaper on that issue is an amateurish farce or an attempt to cover up information about Turkey's deployment of a large group of troops to the Syrian border in the Qamishli district,' Konashenkov said.

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