Russia's defense ministry on Monday said it would open up its military facilities in Syria to international aid deliveries in a bid to bolster humanitarian assistance in the war-torn country, AFP reports.
"The ministry is ready to provide necessary assistance to international and foreign organisations in delivering humanitarian cargoes to the Syrian Arab Republic," it said in a statement.
The statement said Moscow would open up its naval logistics facility at the port of Tartus "for the unloading and temporary storage" of aid deliveries as well as its Hmeimim airbase in Latakia province.