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Russia should let Israel attack Iranians in Syria: US envoy
[PRESSTV] The United States wants Russia to allow Israeli warplanes to continue attacking Iranian advisors in Syria, as Israel fears it can no longer enter the Arab country’s airspace after Moscow’s supplied Damascus with advanced S-300 air defense systems."Russia has been permissive, in consultation with the Israelis, about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets inside Syria. We certainly hope that that permissive approach will continue," James Jeffrey, Washington’s special representative to Syria said in a conference call with news hounds on Wednesday. Both Iran and Russia have been supporting Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... ’s government purge foreign-backed terrorist groups from the country. Israel, however, views the Islamic republic’s advisors in Syria as a threat and has openly pledged to target them out until they leave the country. The Israeli air force has staged repeated air raids against Syrian military bases that it claims are used by Iranian military advisors. Posted by: Fred 2018-11-09 |
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