MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. The Kremlin has left unanswered the question about the possibility of opening a second Russian airbase in Syria.
"No, I cannot offer any comment," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media, when asked if the media reports of plans for creating a Russian base in Homs province were true.
At the moment Russia’s air group operating against the terrorist Islamic State in Syria is based at Hmeimim.
Russia’s Aerospace Forces started delivering pinpoint strikes in Syria at facilities of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations, which are banned in Russia, on September 30, 2015, on a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.