Israeli, Russian deputy military chiefs to coordinate on Syria JERUSALEM
"Merkel says Assad must have role in Syria talks"
Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:49am BST
An Israeli-Russia .. http://uk.reuters.com/places/russia .. n coordination team set up to prevent the countries accidentally trading fire in Syria .. http://www.reuters.com/places/syria .. will be headed by their deputy armed forces chiefs and will hold its first meeting by Oct. 5, an Israeli military officer said on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday to set up the team as Moscow steps up military support for Syria .. http://uk.reuters.com/places/syria .. n President Bashar al-Assad, who has been losing ground to an Islamist-led insurgency.
Israel is worried the Russian deployment, which U.S. officials and regional sources say includes advanced anti-aircraft units and warplanes, risks pitting Russian forces against its own over Syria.
Israeli jets have occasionally struck in neighbouring Syria to foil suspected handovers of sophisticated Russian- or Iran .. http://uk.reuters.com/places/iran .. ian-supplied arms to Assad's guerrilla allies in Lebanon.
The United States has also raised concerns that Russian military support for Assad could raise the risk of confrontation with the U.S.-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against Islamic State in Syria. ADVERTISING
An Israeli military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the talks with Moscow would focus on aerial operations in Syria and "electromagnetic coordination".
The latter appeared to refer to the sides agreeing not to scramble each other's radio communications or radar-tracking systems, and devising ways of identifying each other's forces to avoid any unintended confrontation in the heat of battle.
Israel and Russia will also coordinate on sea operations off Syria's Mediterranean coast, where Moscow has a major naval base, the Israeli officer said.
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said progress had been made in Russian-Israeli contacts over Syria, though he declined to confirm the coordinating team could meet soon.
“When it comes to communication channels and coordination of possible actions, yes, in fact, this topic was discussed and certain agreements and points during the meeting with Netanyahu were reached,” Peskov told reporters in a conference call.
(Writing by Dan Williams; Additional reporting by Maria Tsvetkova in Moscow; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
which also so easily could have been avoided IF and only IF ALL people were thinking and acting more humanely, and more rationally, in this manifestly unfair and unholy world of ours.
Sadly yes, with Putin. So .. when the United States steps out .. the tyrants and dictators come together. I guess we can look for that in more places? .. I do know that Iraq is in a worse mess now than it was when we were bitching about the lousy job their army did in .. was it Ramadi. I read yesterday that they have made absolutely no progress there or anywhere in Iraq .. none ..Isn't it time to come home now? As far as I'm concerned we should get the heck out of the other place too... I'm done with those countries!
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