Russia's Air Campaign in Syria Poses No Threat to Israel - Russian MoD
Russia's aerial counter-terrorist campaign in Syria poses no threat to
Israel, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Tuesday.
18:34 26.04.2016(updated 18:41 26.04.2016)
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Friday, Israeli media reported on Russian forces
allegedly firing on Israeli aircraft over Syria, as well as claimed that a
Russian warplane approached an Israeli military jet off the Mediterranean
coast of Syria.

Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that media reports about Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
holding talks on alleged air incidents on Syria’s borders are far from being
true.

"The Russian and Israeli military agencies set and coordinated all the
guidelines and parameters for working in the region long beforehand…We are
working in close contact with the Israeli military and, naturally, no threat
has been posed to them," Antonov told the RT broadcaster.

"You know that, on the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Russian
Ministry of Defense has set up a reliable security system for the Russian
airbase in Syria. Russian servicemen make sure that no incident involving
the armed forces of any other country occurs," Antonov pointed out.

Russia conducted an aerial campaign in Syria for six months between
September 2015 and March 2016 at the request of Damascus. Moscow started
withdrawing aircraft and personnel from bases in Syria after Russian
President Vladimir Putin said that the goals of the campaign had been
completed.