Golan Heights and South/West Syria 0
25 September 2018

In remarks en route to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Netanyahu assessed that "in the past three years Israel has been very successful in preventing both the establishment of an Iranian military presence in Syria and the attempt to transfer lethal weapons to Hizbollah in Lebanon". He went on to indicate that Israel "will continue to take action to prevent the establishment of an Iranian military presence in Syria and we will continue the security coordination between the IDF and the Russian military". 

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