In the Syrian port of Tartus, a Russian military convoy consisting of a Patrol-A armored vehicle, a KamAZ-43269 Vystrel armored vehicle with an MB2-03 combat module, and a BTR-82A armored personnel carrier was met by local armed opposition groups. Eyewitnesses report that the opposition greeted the convoy with shouts of "Allahu Akbar" and firing into the air.

Tartus, located on the western coast of Syria, is a strategically important port where the Russian Navy has a logistics base. The presence of Russian military equipment in the region is linked to support for the Syrian government in the fight against various armed groups.

The shooting near the Russian convoy, carried out by local armed oppositionists, may indicate a complex and ambiguous situation in the region. It is obvious that after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the militants began to act confidently and provocatively towards the Russian military.

Earlier it was reported that Russian warships had left the base in Tartus. According to satellite images from Planet Labs, studied by the BBC Russian Service, three warships were at the pier on December 1, but by December 3 they were gone.

The situation in Syria remains unstable and the presence of foreign military contingents continues to provoke various reactions from local groups.