"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.