Syrien: Russisches Militär geht angeblich gegen Wagner Söldner vor
Russische Patrouille in Nordsyrien, Bildquelle: Syriah
Die jüngste Eskalation zwischen der russischen Regierung und der Wagner Gruppe hat auch in Syrien Folgen.
Berichten verschiedener arabischer Medien zufolge wurden Büros der Söldnertruppe durchsucht und einige Personen festgenommen:
Arabic media outlets have reported that Wagner Group fighters and offices in Syria have been targeted following the paramilitary's failed mutiny in Russia on Saturday.
A Telegram channel linked to Wagner said that none of the group's fighters had been detained, and Syrian officials told Russia Today that investigations at Russia's Hmeimim airbase took place with people who had links with Wagner in the past as "a precautionary measure".
AlHadath, a Saudi-funded TV channel, reported that the Russian military police and Syrian intelligence launched an arrest campaign against Wagner in Syria on Friday evening. (...)
AlHadath reported that the Russian military police raided three offices belonging to Wagner in Damascus, Hama and Deir Ezzor.
The channel said they also arrested three of Wagner's officers, one of whom is a lieutenant colonel. Two colonels were reportedly arrested in Hmeimim, a key air base for Russia and close to its warm-water naval base in the eastern Mediterranean city of Tartous.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Vershinin, flew to Damascus over the weekend to urge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Assad to prevent Wagner fighters from leaving the country without Moscow’s permission, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.