Russia Says 'Hotline' with Israel Set Up to Avoid Syria Sky Clashes
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Russia's defense ministry said Thursday that its forces in Syria had set up a "hotline" with Israel's military to avoid clashes in the sky over the war-torn country.
An "information-sharing" mechanism "has been established through a hotline between the Russian aviation command center at the Hmeimim air base (in Syria) and a command post of the Israeli air force," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the two sides were undergoing training on how to cooperate.
Russia and Israel have been working to find a way to avoid unintended collisions between their aircraft over Syria since President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to set up a "mechanism" at talks in Moscow last month.
Russia launched a bombing campaign in Syria on September 30 at the request of its long-standing ally Bashar Assad that Moscow says is targeting Islamic State jihadists and other "terrorist" groups.
Israel has reportedly launched air strikes in Syria against Iranian arms transfers to Hizbullah and Israeli officials are believed to fear that Russia's intervention could limit their room for maneuver.
The United States and its allies involved in a coalition bombing IS have sharply criticized Russia's air campaign and say that the majority of its strikes have hit more moderate rebel groups fighting Assad.
Moscow has blasted the accusations and says Washington has rebuffed calls to cooperate more closely.
The two sides have, however, held three rounds of talks aimed at establishing protocols to avoid any accidental collision but progress has been slow and no final details have been agreed.
Israel -- which is not a part of the U.S.-led coalition -- opposes Assad, but has sought to avoid being dragged into the war.
It also fears that Iran could increase its support for Hizbullah and other militant groups as international sanctions are gradually lifted under a July nuclear deal that Moscow helped negotiate between Tehran and world powers.
15 October 2015, 16:00
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Hizbmishallah allied with Iran and Russia; Russia allied with Israel; a holy alliance altogether.
15 October 2015, 16:37
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You have the Lebanese Forces emblem, and you claim to be against Israel?
Who hided under their skirts during the old war hmm?
15 October 2015, 17:33
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we understand miss tic that it is bad for your "resistance" proopaganda to see russia ally with israel!!
15 October 2015, 17:53
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The U.S and Russia are also having discussions on how to avoid clashes, does that make them allies?
15 October 2015, 18:29
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US and russia are no enemies anymore... miss tic...
russia is in syria JUST to protect its assets and its opening on the mediterranean by supporting the regime that killed hundreds of lebanese... they are not there to cleanse it from islamists... but of course your propaganda would not agree, bad to recognize that your "resistance" and all assads allies were unable to stop a war they created!
15 October 2015, 19:17
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You seem rather angry peace, what happend? Are you too sad about your moderate salafis being bombed day in day out?
15 October 2015, 19:24
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seems truth hurts you miss tic to avoid an answer and asking me if i m angry... typical escape from coward people unable to assume the truth....
and to answer you: i am not the least angry, it is not a lebanese problem except for hezbis who are paid by iran to go and wage war in a foreign country despite the disassociation Policy you signed but spat on....
15 October 2015, 19:35
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Angry child, what does Lebanon have to do with Russia bombing takfiris?
Most Lebanese are happy for the matter, also the fact that the Resistance holds the takfiris back from our borders.
You shouldn't let your personal anger out on Naharnet, it's not healthy for you.
15 October 2015, 20:03
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"what does Lebanon have to do with Russia bombing takfiris?"
let me answer your stupid questionas it seems your brain is slow to understand..
you asked me if i was sad that "my moderate salafis " being bombed... the answer was that i do not care as it is NOT a lebanese problem but it seems to be yours...
and you spat on a national decision which proves how much you care about lebanese laws... hezbollah does not hold shit. if the islamists wanted to invade they would have already... what is hezbollah doing in the heart of syria if not to help assad and certainly not Lebanon, are there any lebanese villages there? LOL ....ya hypocrit antilebanese militiaman...
15 October 2015, 20:28
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@peace
As usual Mastica has disappeared and could not answer the real question you asked him.
Btw : congrats on your excellent argumentation...
15 October 2015, 17:29
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Thank you for presenting complex geopolitical matters in such a simple and concise guide to follow.
Thank you for being you Southern
Bravo
15 October 2015, 17:32
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pityful southern living in his dreamland...
1/ russia naver had the intention of fighting israel...we understand that it is bad for your "resistance" proopaganda to see russia ally with israel!!
2/ syria facing israel to take back golan? hahahaha , biggest joke of the day!!!!! what have they done to retake the golan in 40 years? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.... as israel and syria agree on this status quo, as long as the assads do nothing for the golan they stay in power....
please southern, go and see a doctor....
15 October 2015, 17:59
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أول "لبيك يا علي" لسليماني وعناصر حزب الله باللاذقية
في الفيديو نرى ونسمع عنصراً من "حزب الله" يهتف أمام سليماني بلهجته اللبنانية الواضحة: "حضرة القائد، عميل خامنئي حفظه الله.. يا مولانا، لو قلت في يوم من الأيام هل من ناصر ينصرني، لن نقول لك كما قالت الكوفة لعلي عليه السلام، بل نقول لك لبيك يا علي" قاصداً بها المرشد الروحي الإيراني علي خامنئي.
http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/syria/2015/10/15/أول-لبيك-يا-علي-لسليماني-وعناصر-حزب-الله-باللاذية.html
15 October 2015, 20:33
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@peace
Some years ago they were shouting that it was Amriika which was the slave of Israel.
They change, they forget what they ascertained, and they accuse us of getting angry.
Well I only get angry when discussing with a stupid person, never with an intelligent one even if he holds different views...
15 October 2015, 20:40
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nassrallah does not care if Russia and Israel are allied ( He also accused Russia of being an ally of Israel in the 2006 war) as long as they help him butcher the Syrian people.
15 October 2015, 20:56
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like it did in 73...LOL...you mean the war that got syria a divine victory? like all those self proclaimed victories we keep hearing about?
LOL ur funny...
