The Navy of Russia and naval forces (Navy) Syria began the General Teachings in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. As commented in the Russian naval point of placing in the port of Tartus, the territory of the exercises chosen by chance: the Navy ships off the coast of Syria make a great contribution in the battle against international crime, as well as among them due to strikes by cruise missiles "Caliber" targets of terrorists, and the Russian base "Tartus" is the main way of supplying the troops in the Arab country. the maneuvers will involve Russian surface ships, aircraft from the airbase " Hamim ", missile boats and minesweepers of the Syrian Navy. As said the head of the exercise, rear Admiral Alexander Yuldashev, they are conducted in a single operational background, it will be worked out different tactical episodes. for example, the tactical group, consisting of Russian and Syrian vessels comply with the General artillery firing and maneuvering. The exercises are aimed at strengthening cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and Syria to fight illegal armed groups, international crime and to strengthen cooperation between the 2 countries. possess weapons of the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic ongoing since 2011. Russian troops are in the Arab Republic in 2015 at the request of the government of the country to fight with terrorist groups. <span style="color:darkgray