Damascus-. Reliable sources quoted by various press outlets here reported that the Wagner Group does not engage in any activities on Syrian territory.
According to the news portal Athr Press, the Russian presence in this Levantine state is currently limited to companies of a purely economic nature and military units, which continue to carry out their work in the fight against terrorism with the approval of the Syrian government.
According to the sources, investigations were being carried out into members who had past ties to Wagner, and it was merely an injunction.
This clarification came after several Western media outlets published reports of the presence of 6,000 Wagner soldiers in Syria and Africa.
In 2015, at the request of Damascus, Russia deployed troops to Syria to help fight terrorism, mainly concentrated at Hemeimem airbase and Tartous naval base.