The Palmyra Coordination Committee released a statement on Sunday stating that Russia has established a second military base in Syria located in the area of Palmyra, Idleb province.
The statement added that the Islamic State group and Syrian regime forces facilitated handing the ancient city over to the Russians.
“Locals were forcibly displaced by regime and Russians bombings as well as [ISIS] while Assad today with international sponsorship gives Russians the right to violate the property of the people of Palmyra in reward [for] their efforts [by] occupying the city and violating locals’ property.”
The Committee also released footage with the statement showing a Russian military base surrounded by barbed wire.
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