Five Russian landing ships carrying hundreds of marines and military vehicles are gathering in the eastern Mediterranean in a show of force said by one Russian diplomat to be aimed at deterring western intervention in Syria's civil war.Accompanied by combat vessels from the Black Sea and Baltic fleets, the ships are converging on the Syrian port of Tartus, where Russia maintains a military base regarded as an evacuation route for its nationals in Syria.
It is the largest Russian force in the area for 40 years. A Russian diplomatic source said that as well as protecting the country's interests in Syria, the presence of at least 300 marines was intended to discourage western countries from putting special forces on the ground in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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