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Putin: Russia has evacuated 4,000 Iranian soldiers from Syria

19 December 2024 17:00 (UTC +04:00)

Russia has evacuated 4,000 Iranian soldiers from Syria and taken them to Tehran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference today regarding the results of the year, APA reports.

"In the past, our Iranian friends requested our assistance in deploying their units to Syria, but now, they have asked us to help withdraw them. We evacuated 4,000 Iranian fighters from the Hmeimim base to Tehran," he explained, adding that some of the so-called pro-Iranian units were relocated to Lebanon and Iraq.

The president said the Syrian city of Aleppo was taken by 350 militants while some 30,000 government troops and pro-Iranian units withdrew, giving no resistance. “Government troops, and along with them the so-called pro-Iranian units, retreated without a fight, blew up their positions and left,” he said.