Despite tensions, Russia’s ‘Syria Express’ sails by Istanbul

AFP covers Russia’s so-called “Syria Express,” a naval route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean that Russia needs to sustain its war in Syria. Russian warships must pass through the Bosphorus Strait in the middle of Istanbul to reach the Mediterranean. Thus far, Turkey is allowing Russian warships to pass, even though tensions between Ankara and Moscow are very high.

 

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