{"id":12108,"date":"2017-11-01T09:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=12108"},"modified":"2017-11-01T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T09:37:24","slug":"russia-using-aleppo-airport-terminal-as-a-command-post-for-units-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-using-aleppo-airport-terminal-as-a-command-post-for-units-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia using Aleppo airport terminal as a command post for units in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is using the Aleppo airport terminal as a command post for its units in Syria. <a href=\"http:\/\/informnapalm.rocks\/\">InformNapalm<\/a> volunteer intelligence community identified unique Russian military equipment in publicly available photos and videos. The images have been geo-located and additional evidence collected, corroborating insider reports in the international press about Russian military bases in Syria. Representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/vhdqz\">tried to deny<\/a> these reports, but now we have visual evidence.<\/p>\n<h3>Identification of specific Russian military equipment<\/h3>\n<p>In the fall of 2016, the command of the Russian Armed Forces started using the Aleppo airport terminal as a command post for its units.\u00a0We have identified the following types of modern Russian military equipment near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/36%C2%B011&amp;apos;02.9&amp;quot;N+37%C2%B013&amp;apos;38.1&amp;quot;E\/@36.184136,37.2265411,297m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d36.1841359!4d37.2272427?hl=ru\">airport terminal<\/a> through photos and videos in social networks:<\/p>\n<p>Russian <strong>armored personnel carrier<\/strong> <strong>BTR-82A<\/strong> with a radio controlled landmine jammer:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_775.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tigr, infantry mobility vehicle<\/strong> of the Russian military police:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_773.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The command post of the <strong>RB-341B Leer-3<\/strong> EW system:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_776.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_774.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo collage for visual comparison and georeferencing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_777.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm volunteer investigators managed to identify other types of weapons and systems.<br \/>\nIn this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CD1CF1OH70c\">video<\/a>, we identified a trailer with the equipment for <strong>R-330Zh Zhitel SIGINT and<\/strong> <strong>EW system:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_779.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.de\/album\/reconstruction-begins-at-aleppo-international-airport-syrian-authorities-have-started--oTf6Qo8DUEKZD8PrMIx5_Q#picture-shows-aleppos-international-airport-on-december-21-2016-as-picture-id630355352\">photo report<\/a> from the airport opening in December 2016 also contains a useful photo. The following systems are visible in it: the command post of <strong>RB-341V Leer-3<\/strong> (marker 1) and the <strong>Auriga satellite communications station<\/strong> (marker 2) (also <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/auriga-portable-satellite-communications-station-in-syria-coordinates-of-a-command-post\/\">spotted previously in Syria<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_780.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In January 2017, the site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aex.ru\/news\/2017\/1\/9\/164392\/\">AEX.ru<\/a> reported that Nairab airbase (with a 3110-meter runway) of the Syrian air force is located near the airport. L-39ZO\/ZA Albatros combat training aircraft and Mi-8 army helicopters are based there. The airbase also has a maintenance facility. In addition to supporting combat missions, the air base receives airlift flights of the Russian and Iranian air forces, delivering various, mostly military, cargoes.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, InformNapalm volunteers have identified at least <strong>5 types of modern Russian armaments and systems<\/strong> located in the airport terminal area of the Syrian city of Aleppo, and this suggests that there is a command post of the Russian forces in this area.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/14440-mozdok-hamadan\/\"><em>Russia supplies weapons from Iran to Syria in violation of embargo: intelligence and audio interception data.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that most of the weapons and military equipment identified in this investigation were also used by Russia in the war against Ukraine in the Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>See also the <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/database-russian-weaponry-donbas\/\">infographics<\/a> based on the InformNapalm investigation database. The graphics are also available <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/10\/ua2.jpg\">in Ukrainian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/26565-osint-otchet-vs-rf-na-donbase\/\">Russian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/en.jpg\" width=\"4134\" height=\"2953\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><em>The material was prepared by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\"><em>Roman Burko<\/em><\/a><em>, identification of equipment and<\/em> <em>geolocation<\/em> <em>conducted by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\"><em>Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/em><\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007708308557\"><em>Kuzma Tutov<\/em><\/a> <em>especially for InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community web site. 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The images have been geo-located and additional evidence collected, corroborating insider reports in the international press about Russian military bases in Syria. Representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/vhdqz\">tried to deny<\/a> these reports, but now we have visual evidence.\r\n<h3>Identification of specific Russian military equipment<\/h3>\r\nIn the fall of 2016, the command of the Russian Armed Forces started using the Aleppo airport terminal as a command post for its units.\u00a0We have identified the following types of modern Russian military equipment near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/36%C2%B011&amp;apos;02.9&amp;quot;N+37%C2%B013&amp;apos;38.1&amp;quot;E\/@36.184136,37.2265411,297m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d36.1841359!4d37.2272427?hl=ru\">airport terminal<\/a> through photos and videos in social networks:\r\n\r\nRussian <strong>armored personnel carrier<\/strong> <strong>BTR-82A<\/strong> with a radio controlled landmine jammer:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_775.png\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tigr, infantry mobility vehicle<\/strong> of the Russian military police:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_773.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe command post of the <strong>RB-341B Leer-3<\/strong> EW system:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_776.png\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_774.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nPhoto collage for visual comparison and georeferencing.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_777.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nInformNapalm volunteer investigators managed to identify other types of weapons and systems.\r\nIn this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CD1CF1OH70c\">video<\/a>, we identified a trailer with the equipment for <strong>R-330Zh Zhitel SIGINT and<\/strong> <strong>EW system:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_779.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.de\/album\/reconstruction-begins-at-aleppo-international-airport-syrian-authorities-have-started--oTf6Qo8DUEKZD8PrMIx5_Q#picture-shows-aleppos-international-airport-on-december-21-2016-as-picture-id630355352\">photo report<\/a> from the airport opening in December 2016 also contains a useful photo. The following systems are visible in it: the command post of <strong>RB-341V Leer-3<\/strong> (marker 1) and the <strong>Auriga satellite communications station<\/strong> (marker 2) (also <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/auriga-portable-satellite-communications-station-in-syria-coordinates-of-a-command-post\/\">spotted previously in Syria<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Selection_780.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nIn January 2017, the site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aex.ru\/news\/2017\/1\/9\/164392\/\">AEX.ru<\/a> reported that Nairab airbase (with a 3110-meter runway) of the Syrian air force is located near the airport. L-39ZO\/ZA Albatros combat training aircraft and Mi-8 army helicopters are based there. The airbase also has a maintenance facility. In addition to supporting combat missions, the air base receives airlift flights of the Russian and Iranian air forces, delivering various, mostly military, cargoes.\r\n\r\nThus, InformNapalm volunteers have identified at least <strong>5 types of modern Russian armaments and systems<\/strong> located in the airport terminal area of the Syrian city of Aleppo, and this suggests that there is a command post of the Russian forces in this area.\r\n\r\n<em>Read more:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/14440-mozdok-hamadan\/\"><em>Russia supplies weapons from Iran to Syria in violation of embargo: intelligence and audio interception data.<\/em><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt is noteworthy that most of the weapons and military equipment identified in this investigation were also used by Russia in the war against Ukraine in the Donbas.\r\n\r\nSee also the <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/database-russian-weaponry-donbas\/\">infographics<\/a> based on the InformNapalm investigation database. The graphics are also available <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/10\/ua2.jpg\">in Ukrainian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/26565-osint-otchet-vs-rf-na-donbase\/\">Russian<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/en.jpg\" width=\"4134\" height=\"2953\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-8997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><em>The material was prepared by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\"><em>Roman Burko<\/em><\/a><em>, identification of equipment and<\/em> <em>geolocation<\/em> <em>conducted by<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\"><em>Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/em><\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007708308557\"><em>Kuzma Tutov<\/em><\/a> <em>especially for InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community web site. 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