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SYRIAN WAR REPORT – AUGUST 31, 2018: RUSSIAN NAVY TO HOLD LARGE DRILLS NEAR SYRIA The Russian Navy will hold drills in the Mediterranean Sea, near Syria, in the period from September 1 to September 8, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on August 30. The drills will involve 25 warships led by the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser and 30 aircraft, including the strategic Tu-160 missile-carrying bombers, the Tu-142MK and Il-38 anti-submarine warfare planes, Su-33 fighter jets and Su-30SM aircraft of naval aviation. The defense ministry said that “the grouping will practice a set of tasks of air defense, anti-submarine and anti-sabotage warfare and also mine counter-measures support”. According to Syrian experts, these drills are a response to the growing threat of a new round of US missile strikes on government facilities in Syria.