Russia has asked Israel to refrain from airstrikes near its airbase in Syria in its war against the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, as happened in October, a senior Russian official said today. Official Syrian media reported in mid-October an Israeli airstrike on the port city of Lattakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who supports Hezbollah and is backed by Russia in his country’s war. The city is located near the Russian airbase of Khmeimim, very close to Latakia airport. “Israel did carry out an airstrike in close proximity to Khmeimim,” Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Middle East envoy, told the RIA Novosti news agency in an interview today. “Our military has apparently informed Israeli officials that actions of this nature that could endanger the lives of Russian servicemen there are unacceptable,” he continued. “So we hope that […]
Source: News Beast
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