Russia to Send Four Warships On Exercise in Mediterranean, Near Syria By Damien Sharkov9/23/15 at 5:40 PM Filed Under:Law & Order Russia is sending four warships on a military exercise to the Mediterranean Sea near Syria, the country's southern military district told state news agency RIA Novosti on Tuesday. The agency did not report on the exact whereabouts of the exercise, however Russia's Southern Military District, which is sending the ships, told RIA that it would take place in "the eastern Mediterranean." Russia's main naval facility in the region is a resupply base in Syria, near the port of Tartus....