Already debunked. Not true.
damn drudge report...hell with them
http://www.military.com/news/article/russian-ship-with-anti-terrorist-unit-in-syrian-port.html?ESRC=eb.nl
March 19, 2012 Deutsche Presse-Agentur|by Stefan Korshak MOSCOW/KIEV -- A Russian navy ship with a unit of anti-terrorist Marines aboard arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus on Monday, officials at Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters said. The military tanker joined a Russian naval reconnaissance and surveillance ship already tied up in Tartus, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia was maintaining the ship and troop presence in the Mediterranean port to demonstrate Kremlin concern over Syria's stability, and to assist in case of a possible evacuation of Russian civilians from the region, the report said, citing navy officials. The Kremlin has declared itself neutral in the ongoing conflict between the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition, but has continued arms deliveries to the Syrian government via leased port