Supporters of the Syrian armed opposition have established control over the city of Jebla. It is located near the air base of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Khmeimim, eyewitnesses told TASS.
"The fighters were in the city center already in the afternoon, at first there was shooting in the air, now everything is calm,", the interlocutor of the agency said by phone.
He later added that the Russian military had been put on high alert. They did not participate in battles with the opposition militias.
There is no threat to Russian military bases in Syria, Moscow sources announced.
Then it became known that opposition fighters entered Tartus, where the Russian naval base is located.