TASS: Journalists from 12 countries visit Syria airbase where Russian aviation group is deployed
It is not the first group of foreign journalists that was brought to the Hmeymim airbase
LATAKIA, November 11. /TASS/. Nearly 50 journalists from 12 countries have visited the Hmeymim air base near Syria’s Latakia, where the aviation grouping of the Russian Aerospace Forces is located, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.
"It is not the first group of foreign journalists that we brought to the Hmeymim airbase. Today we brought [reporters from] 12 countries - from America, Europe and Asia," he said.
Update #1: International Journalists Impressed by Hmeymim Airbase in Syria -- Sputnik
Update #2: Russia in Syria: 50 journalists from 12 countries visit Russian base in Latakia -- IBTimes
WNU Editor: Granted .... this was a PR effort. But in the past the Russians would never have permitted this.
