Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Israel PM in Russia next week for Syria talks with Putin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Russia next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Moscow's military support for the Damascus regime and "threats" facing Israel, his office said Wednesday.

Netanyahu will speak with Putin about "the deployment of Russian military forces in Syria," a statement said.

"He will describe the threats to Israel following the military reinforcement in the Syrian arena and the supply of weapons to Hezbollah and other terrorist organisations."

Israel opposes Bashar al-Assad's regime, but has sought to avoid being dragged into the conflict in neighbouring Syria .... http://news.yahoo.com