Russian special forces arrive at Syrian port

Don't know if this is propaganda or not.  If true, then this is one of the reasons why many have now changed their tunes from wanting to attack Syria to advocating that Syria should not be attacked or treated the way Libya was.

Personally, I am glad to see that the Muslim Bros won't be able to get their dirty paws on Syria. The regime there needs changing but the replacement should not be the Muslim Brotherhood.

Russian special forces have arrived in the Syrian Mediterranean port city of Tartus, opposition sources told Al Arabiya on Monday.

Israeli-based open source military intelligence website DEBKAfile has also reported that two Russian naval vessels have anchored at the Syrian port of Tartus.

The website cited reports from the Russian Black Sea headquarters at Sevastopol. The mission of the vessels was not disclosed, but one was reported to be carrying a unit of “anit-terrorist marines” and the other, a military tanker which joined “a Russian naval reconnaissance and surveillance ship already tied up in Tartus.”

The Syrian port of Tartus is now the only naval base Russia has outside the former Soviet Union. A Russian navy squadron made a call there in January in what was seen by many as a show of support for Assad....