Israeli officials announced on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a Russian proposal to keep Iranian forces away from the Golan Heights frontier. Russia had reportedly proposed a deal where Iranian forces inside Syria would have to keep 100 km away from Israeli-occupied territory.
Netanyahu, who was visiting with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, was quick to reject that proposal, insisting that Israel could never allow Iranians even 100 kilometers away from the “border.” The international community does not recognize the frontier as a border at any rate, and still considers Israeli-occupied Golan part of Syria.
Israel has been complaining to Russia about the presence of Iranian forces inside Syria for months. Iran has said they won’t withdraw unless the Syrian government asks them to. Russia has tried to get Israel to agree to stop attacking Syrian sites in return for keeping the Iranians away from the frontier.
Israeli officials are unlikely to accept any deal at any rate, having gone to great lengths to insist that all the Shi’ite militias in Syria are “Iranians” even though the overwhelming majority are from other countries. This provides a tailor-made excuse to keep striking Syrian military targets indefinitely, under the pretense of resisting Iran.
Let Israel do their own dirty work please.
If the war against ISIS has ended . There is no good reason for Iranian troops to stay in Syria accept to prepare to cause trouble for Israel . Of course I could say the same thing about other countries too , That never received a invitation to be in Syria in the first place . .
Perhaps you should look at a map ?
countries that have mutual defense treaties have every right to station each others countries with troops.
There is a massive cesspool of Al Qaeda around Idlib and Israel just shot down a Syrian Jet for the crime of bombing ISIS too close to their borders.
And who the heck is Netanyahu to say how much of a buffer zone is required in someone else’s country. So according to him, no Iranian is allowed in Syria or do they just have to get Bibi to sign permission slips?
They’ve been invited by the Syrian government.
for the geographically challenged damascus is only 40-50 km from the golan
There should be a 10-mile buffer on the west side of the Golan Heights and Israel should be told to stay on “their” side of the buffer.
Was the offer really made? Israel has ‘previous’ when it comes to turning down fictitious offers: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/07/syria-for-the-third-time-israel-falsely-claims-iran-pull-back-deal-with-russia-.html#more
Threats of regime change may incline Iran to stay put.
Israelis are liars and Netanyahu the biggest liar of the lot. Golan is Occupied territory! Israel is in violation of more UN res. than the entire ME. Interpol should issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and bundle him off to the ICC
As prophecized, the real war will start in Syria and will spread into the rest of the ME.