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Russian forces in Syria fired on Israeli aircraft - Israeli newspaper
[IN.REUTERS] Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel's top-selling newspaper said on Friday.Asked about the alleged incidents, however, Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said: "In this case, Israeli press reports are far from reality." But Netanyahu, in remarks published by Israeli news hounds whom he briefed by phone on his talks on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin  ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead..., said "there have been problems" regarding Israeli military freedom of operation in Syria. He gave no details, but said: "If you don't deal with the friction, it could develop into something more serious." The unsourced report in Yedioth Ahronoth made no mention of dates or locations for the two reported incidents, nor did it give any indication of whether the Israeli planes were hit. Russia mounted its military intervention in Syria in September to shore Damascus up amid a now 5-year-old rebellion. Separately, Israel's Channel 10 TV said a Russian warplane approached an Israeli warplane off the Mediterranean coast of Syria last week but that there was no contact between them. An Israeli military front man declined comment. Netanyahu's office and the Russian embassy in Israel did not immediately respond. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-23 |
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