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Israeli official: We’ve continued strikes in Syria since Russian plane downed
2018-10-30
[IsraelTimes] The IDF has continued attacking targets in Syria even after a Russian spy plane was shot down last months, a senior Israeli official says.

"The army’s coordination with the Russian army continues exactly as it did before the event," the official says, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
Moscow blamed the September 17 incident, during which Syria destroyed a Russian Il-20 survey aircraft, killing 15 Russian servicemen, on Israel, arguing that Israeli jets were hiding behind the Russian plane.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may possibly meet Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. 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 him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
in early November at a summit in Gay Paree, but the meeting has not been finalized, the official says.

Netanyahu has reiterated several times that Israel will continue to act to prevent Iran’s military entrenchment in Syria and the smuggling of advanced weapons into Leb. But the bigwig’s comment appeared to be the first public acknowledgement that Israel has indeed carried out strikes in Syria after the downing of the Russian spy plane.
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