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Thursday, May 31, 2018
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Israel: ‘Even if it takes time, Iranian threat from Syria will be lifted’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli officials tell Hadashot television news that close coordination with Russia and the US will ensure that Iranian forces leave Syria.
“Even if it takes a little time, and even if it means we have to take Assad back [in control of Syria and the Golan border], in the end of these talks the Iranian threat from Syria will be lifted,” an official says Thursday.
According to reports, talks earlier today between Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in Moscow focused on Iranian forces in Syria. Russia, Israeli officials heard, was interested in helping Assad return to control the Syrian Golan as quickly as possible and in coordination with Israel.
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