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'Israel considers building buffer zone inside Syria'
Israel is considering creating a buffer zone reaching up to 10 miles inside Syria, The Sunday Times quoted sources close to military planners as saying.The Times reported that the proposal, intended to protect itself from rebels across the northern frontier, has been presented to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. A buffer zone set up with the co-operation of local villagers lies at the heart of the plan. If the country remains unstable we might have to stay there for years, The Times quoted a military planner as saying. A security fence is currently being erected from Mount Avital south to the point where the Israeli, Syrian and Jordanian borders meet on the southern Golan Heights, but, according to the military source, a buffer zone is necessary to prevent daily mortar and rocket attacks. "We knew then that there was a strongman in Damascus. But not any more. The new wall will be good when its ready but without the buffer zone mortar and rocket attacks on Israel would be a daily event," The Times quoted the military source as saying. The prime minister was previously quoted as saying Israel needs to construct a border fence with Syria on the Golan Heights because the Syrian army has moved away from the frontier, and global jihad elements have moved into the area in its place. Posted by: tipper 2013-02-03 |
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