{"id":18069,"date":"2018-08-29T15:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/29\/russias-navy-building-up-in-mediterranean-nato-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:40:53","slug":"russias-navy-building-up-in-mediterranean-nato-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/29\/russias-navy-building-up-in-mediterranean-nato-says\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO reports Russian naval buildup amid Syria tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2014 NATO says the Russian navy is building up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/08\/10\/navys-top-officer-warns-of-increased-russian-and-chinese-activity-in-the-atlantic-ocean\/\" target=_blank>its presence in the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> amid growing tensions over the war in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has provided crucial military support for Syrian government forces, which are expected to mount an offensive in the northern Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We will not speculate on the intention of the Russian fleet, but it is important that all actors in the region exercise restraint and refrain from worsening an already disastrous humanitarian situation in Syria,&#8221; NATO&#8217;s chief spokeswoman, Oana Lungescu, said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She says several of the Russian ships are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/08\/28\/russia-deploys-military-ships-to-syria-armed-with-kalibr-cruise-missiles\/\" target=_blank>equipped with cruise missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/04\/the-us-navys-new-command-puts-russia-in-the-crosshairs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy_hornets.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US Navy\u2019s new command puts Russia in the crosshairs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The move is the latest sign that the Navy is focusing its attention away from the war on terrorism and toward its major competitors China and Russia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian defense officials could not be reached for comment. At least eight ships, including a missile cruiser and two missile-carrying submarines, have joined the Russian flotilla over the past three weeks. Russian media reports indicate there are around 15 Russian navy vessels in the Mediterranean overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow has repeatedly alleged that Syrian rebels are preparing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/28\/us-warns-russia-syria-against-chemical-weapons-use\/\" target=_blank>chemical weapons attack<\/a> in Idlib as a provocation to bring a Western attack on Syrian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets said the naval buildup was connected to that prospect. &#8220;The United States and its allies have forced Russia to send a powerful sailing group to the Mediterranean,&#8221; it wrote on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/07\/russia-uses-syrian-war-to-boost-mediterranean-presence-us-navy-admiral-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18127501177538.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia uses Syrian war to boost Mediterranean presence, US Navy admiral says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia has taken advantage of its military role in Syria to bolster its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean region, making the region \u201cvery crowded,\u201d NATO\u2019s southern Europe commander said Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert called the Russian reports &#8220;false-flag-type reporting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen that before where they try to put the blame \u2014 they try to put the onus on other groups and we don&#8217;t buy into that,&#8221; she said Wednesday during a regular briefing with reporters in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western countries and independent analysts say Syrian government forces have carried out a number of chemical attacks over the course of the seven-year civil war. 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Western countries carried out strikes on Syrian government forces after an alleged chemical attack earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Syria and Russia deny that government forces have ever used chemical arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO says the Russian navy is building up its presence in the Mediterranean Sea amid growing tensions over the war in 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