Embassy of the Russian Federation in Damascus Посольство Российской Федерации в Дамаске سفارة روسيا الاتحادية في دمشق | |
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Location | Damascus |
Address | Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street, Adawi |
Coordinates | 33°31′33″N 36°18′01″E / 33.52583°N 36.30028°E |
Ambassador | Aleksandr Yefimov |
The Embassy of Russia in Damascus (Arabic: سفارة روسيا الاتحادية في دمشق) is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Syrian Arab Republic. The chancery is located in Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street in Adawi, Damascus.[1]
The USSR Embassy in Damascus opened in February 1946. In January 1992, with the fall of the Soviet Union, it became the de facto embassy of the Russian Federation.
On 21 February 2013, the embassy was attacked as part of a bombing campaign in Damascus. On 28 December 2016, a mortar round landed in the Embassy's courtyard but did not explode.[2][3]
Main article: List of ambassadors of Russia to Syria |