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| Russia can replace Austria in Golan | |
| 2013-06-08 | |
Austria, whose peacekeepers account for about 380 of the 1,000-strong U.N. force observing a four-decade-old ceasefire between Syria and Israel, said it would pull out after intense clashes between Syrian government forces and rebels on the border. “Given the complicated situation in the Golan Heights, we could replace the leaving Austrian contingent in this region on the border between Israeli troops and the Syrian army,” Putin said at a televised meeting with Russian military officers. “But this will happen, of course, only if the regional powers show interest, and if the U.N. secretary general asks us to do so,” he said. Russia, a long-time ally and arms supplier to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, The U.N. Security Council will meet on Friday to discuss the Austrian withdrawal after anti-Assad rebels briefly seized the crossing between Israel and Syria, sending U.N. staff scurrying to bunkers before Syrian soldiers managed to push them back. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 If I were Israel, I'd be getting really really nervous about this. Will the Rooskies be there to help with targeting and otherwise evaluating the S-300's in an actual battlefield situation...? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-06-08 22:23 |