Despite stating otherwise, the Russian airstrikes so far has targetted non-Daesh targets, including several bases of anit-regime rebel groups [file photo of a member of the Aleppo Es Samiyye Front]
Comment: Very interesting development, considering the fact that Israel's continuous illegal violation of Syrian airspace was outmanoeuvred and neutralized by Putin in brilliant strategic move. Not to mention, the incident, where four Israeli F-15 fighters had to retreat with their tails between their legs, after being chased away by six Russian Sukhoi Su-30s.
The delegation will be led by First Deputy Chief of General Staff General Nikolai Bogdanovsky, who will meet his Israeli counterpart, Major-General Yair Golan as well as senior officials in Israeli military intelligence, the air force and the Mossad. Channel 2 noted that the visit follows the meeting between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow three weeks ago.
According to the media report, Israel will submit more requests to the Russians in exchange for "attractive" offers to facilitate the Russian army's military operations in Syria. It also revealed that Netanyahu and Putin have agreed on several issue in principle, including a Russian pledge to stop the flow of weapons from Syria to Hezbollah, as well as to allow the Israeli air force to carry out operations freely in Syria, even in areas where the Russian army is stationed on the Syrian coast.
Comment: So now the picture becomes more clear. Israeli media wants us to believe that Netanyahu has the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations. And that he is willing to share vital intelligence information for a price, which Russians are willing to pay. Yeah, right. We bet they were similarly optimistic right before Netanyahu's visit with Putin, and we all know how that turned out. Putin isn't a fool, and not a psychopath like Netanyahu, either. We shall see how negotiations will turn out.
Senior officers in the Russian and Israeli air forces will discuss the mechanisms for the coordination of Israeli overflights of Syrian airspace to avoid any conflict with Russian aircraft on operations against opposition groups. Israel is likely to request Russia to coordinate its moves in the Mediterranean in a manner that does not affect Israeli submarines gathering intelligence about Lebanon and Syria.
Another report by Israel Radio on Sunday claimed that Tel Aviv will provide vital intelligence to the Russians in a bid to reduce Iranian influence in Syria.
Meanwhile, Israel's former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, has called for direct cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah in order to protect Israeli interests. Maariv newspaper quoted Livni as saying on Friday, "Netanyahu must understand that the world looks at Iran and Hezbollah as legitimate partners in the confrontation against Daesh." She warned that Tel Aviv's geostrategic position will be hurt if the Israeli leadership does not realise what must be done do to influence the shifts in the balance of power in Syria.
russian military will not negotiate political issue with anyone. strictly military. and as Mr. Putin said, Russian federation will not engage in M.E. or global covert "trades", conspiracies,plots, etc.