Until now, Israel has been able to stage attacks on Syrian convoys believed to be transporting sophisticated, long-range missiles across the border to Hezbollah. The issue for Israel is its "ability to operate with impunity in Syrian airspace," said Andrew Weiss, an analyst on Russian and Near East affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. The Israeli leader wants assurances that whatever new weapons are introduced to Syria, they will not be used to help arm Hezbollah, Israel's sworn Iranian-backed Lebanese enemy, which is fighting alongside Syrian government forces against various rebel groups. While the Russian move will help protect the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the ISW said, it also "will alter the nature of international negotiations, compromise and weaken the cohesion and efforts of the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition … and initiate direct Russo-Iranian military operations for the first time."Īlready, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the consequences of Russia's increased deployment to Syria. One exception to the general tarnishing of reputations has been Russia’s T-90A tank, 550 of which serve as Russia’s top main battle tank until the T-14 Armatas fully enters service.
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