Right now there is a naval base in Syria with 50 Russian's currently operating it. Now there are plans to expand it. The facility, fully operational, can have up to twelve ships, what kind the article did not specify.
From: http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/07/21/Russia-to-upgrade-its-naval-base-in-Syria/UPI-25841248210937/
Meanwhile Sudan and Southern Sudan are closer to civil war in 2011. An international court ruling that certain oil fields are in Southern Sudan give economic reason for Sudan to ensure that in 2011 Southern Sudan does not secede. The reason 2011 is important is because in 2005 the two sides signed a 6 year peace deal after which, in 2011, a referendum on independance in Southern Sudan would be held.
Southern Sudan's government has been purchasing military supplies in a slow, but steady build up. In the past few years. So beward the unrest in Sudan in 2011.
From: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/africa/23sudan.html?hpw
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