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| Russian envoy reassures Israel over pullout from Syria |
| 2016-03-16 |
Israeli officials are consulting with Moscow over its unexpected decision to return home the bulk of Russian troops in Syria, possibly complicating a mechanism to coordinate military action agreed upon by the two countries last fall, officials from both governments said on Tuesday. Russia’s military intervention in Syria last year on behalf of its embattled Alawite president, Bashar Assad, originally concerned Jerusalem, which routinely conducts covert raids into Syrian territory in order to disrupt shipments of Iranian arms and missiles to Lebanese Hezbollah. But in October, Russia and Israel agreed on methods of communicating that would allow Israel’s defense operations to continue. Russia’s ambassador to Israel, Alexey Drobinin, said the two governments have an "ongoing dialogue" on both the military and diplomatic levels, specifically regarding Syria operations. Those channels of communication will remain open, he said. And, if---Heaven forbid--- |
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