RUSSIA / SYRIA : Moscow Sends Another Ship To Tartus...For Possible Evacuations.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Dec-30/200399-russia-sends-landing-ships-to-syria-report.ashx#axzz2GZn7amUi
     For naval warship fans...

     Russian media report that Moscow has sent another large landing ship staffed with marines...Novocherkassk...from the Black Sea port of Novorssisk...to the port of Tartus in Syria...where Russia has its only Mediterranean naval base.
     It is the 3rd landing ship dispatched to Syria since Friday.
     A fleet is reported to be gathering off the coast...preparing for 'exercises.'