Damascus_ The Russian Navy has carried out massive military exercises on the Syrian coasts in response to the dispatch of two nuclear aircraft carriers by the US. to the Mediterranean Radio Habana Cuba, publishes.

According to the Syrian website Al Masdar News, Syrian Army forces also participated in the simulations.

On Tuesday, the US Navy reported in a statement the deployment of the USS attack group John C. Stennis and the Abraham Lincoln in that sea to conduct joint operations on a scale not seen since 2016.

The US ambassador before Moscow, Jon Huntsman, aboard one of the aircraft carriers, told CNN on Wednesday that the move could be interpreted as a message to Russia, whose action on several issues, such as that of Ukraine, Venezuela and Syria "has disappointed Washington."

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