Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flown to Moscow to discuss Israeli concerns about any expansion of Iran’s military foothold in Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I will discuss with President Putin Iran’s relentless efforts to establish a military presence in Syria, which we strongly oppose and are also taking action against,” said Netanyahu, without elaborating, before boarding a plane for the visit, scheduled to last several hours.
Israel’s air force said last year it had struck suspected arms shipments to Iran’s ally, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, around 100 times.
Netanyahu said he and Putin “meet periodically in order to ensure the military coordination between the Israel Defence Forces and the Russian forces in Syria”.
Read the article in The Australian (Reuters).