MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (Xinhua/GNA) — Russia has evacuated some of its diplomats out of the Syrian capital Damascus, while its embassy continues to function, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
The diplomats were transported by a Russian Aerospace Forces flight from the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria to Moscow, the ministry said in a statement.
The flight also carried diplomats from Belarus and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, it added.
GNA