File photo: A still image taken from video footage, released by Russia's Defence Ministry on November 19, 2015
Russia is expanding its Hmeimim air base in Syria, an unnamed defense ministry official announced Thursday, according to reports.
The ministry has also set up new buildings to house aircraft at the site that will defend against drone attacks, the official was cited as saying. Thirty fighter planes and helicopters are currently deployed at the base, he added.
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