Russia evacuates its diplomats from Syria | News in brief

Russia’s foreign ministry says it has evacuated some of its diplomats from Syria.

The ministry said on its Telegram channel that the staff of the embassy in Damascus were flown out of the country on Sunday by an air force plane from the Hmeimim air base.

The evacuation took place a week after the coup overthrew the Russian-backed government Bashar al-Assad administration.

AFP

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