Netanyahu to Russian defense minister: Israel won't allow Iranian presence in Syria
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | Tag Cloud Tags: Bashar Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Military, Netanyahu, News, Russia, Syria, Worthy News
(Worthy News) - Israel will not allow a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, a day after Israel destroyed an SA-5 anti-aircraft battery in Syria that fired on IAF planes over Lebanon.
Both Russia and Iran are key backers of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, most of the meeting dealt with Iranian efforts to set up a permanent military presence in Syria. “Iran needs to understand that Israel will not allow that,” Netanyahu told Shoigu. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More...) ]
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