[Fitzcarraldo]

"The Syrian navy is in poor shape and its three submarines are literally rusting away."

http://info.jpost.com/C003/Supplements/FSB/031010/art.03.html

[Fitzcarraldo]

"The Syrian Navy has three ex-Soviet Romeo-class submarines, all of which are non-operational. It is understood that Damascus has no plans to acquire new submarines. "

http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/154/documentid/1513/history/3,654,154,1513