Israel Holding Talks With Russia, May Limit Syria Air Campaign

 

Russia announces joint jet patrols with Syria

by Jason Ditz 

Posted onJanuary 25, 2022CategoriesNewsTagsIsrael, Russia, Syria

Over the past several years, Israel has been regularly carrying out airstrikes in Syria. Talks are underway now with Russia which could severely curtail that air war.

Israeli officials believe Russia is engaged in a policy change, which is going to involve joint air patrols with Syria, and necessarily that means Israel won’t be able to attack consequence-free like they have been.

There have been suggestions that Russia would want to curb Israel’s strikes, but so far Israel has managed to avoid any big issues by staying away from the Russian bases.

Syria has substantial air defenses which intercept some of the missiles Israel fires, but never really threaten the warplanes. With joint operations from Russia, they could seriously threaten attacking Israeli planes, and that’s almost certainly going to mean Israel won’t launch any sorties that might run afoul of these new patrols.

https://news.antiwar.com/2022/01/25/israel-holding-talks-with-russia-may-limit-syria-air-campaign/