UK Tracks Russian Ships Carrying Ammunition From Syria

LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it had tracked in recent days six Russian naval and merchant ships carrying ammunition used in Syria as they sailed through the Channel.

The British defense ministry said in a statement the ships – shadowed by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force – were withdrawing from Syria following the ousting of its president, Bashar al-Assad, a close Russian ally, in December.

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