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Three anti-aircraft batteries are more sophisticated than the S-300 air-defense systems transferred to the Syrian regime in September.
While the Russian transfer of S-300 surface-to-air defense system to Syria will complicate U.S. and Israeli operations in Syria, it is not a game-changer, but instead more of a political statement.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov said in the “complicated and multipolar world in which we live today, it happens that countries that have ties develop different views on global problems.”
Court rejects appeal by Chabbad-Lubavitch emissary Asher Krichevsky against his deportation, finds him guilty of “engaging in activities that constitute threat to Russian Federation, its citizens.”
“We grieve today for Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, may God avenge their blood. We will catch this heinous killer and we will settle the score. Israeli blood will not be spilled in vain,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says as the manhunt for the gunmen continues.
“The deliveries started already,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “The measures we will take will be devoted to ensure 100 percent safety and security of our men in Syria, and we will do this.”
Leaving for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says thanks to cooperation with Russia, Israel has had “great success” in curtailing Iran in Syria.
As tensions rise over shooting down of Russian plane in Syria, researcher Zvi Magen says two clear factions have emerged in Russia: One is pleased that Israel is doing the work for Russia and acting against Iran, while the other one sees Iran as an ally.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “providing advanced weapons systems to irresponsible actors will magnify dangers in the region.”
The move comes as a response to the downing of a Russian spy plane, which was shot out of the sky by Syrian air-defense units that fired recklessly while trying to hit Israeli jets.
The Russian defense ministry rejected evidence presented by IDF officers, who flew to Moscow to show proof that a Syrian missile bombardment was responsible for the deaths of 15 servicemen.
Following an urgent meeting between Israeli and Russian military officials after the downing of a Russian spy plane over Syria, a 40-page report reveals that Syria shot down the aircraft while responding to an Israeli airstrike.
