Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
warns Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on
Wednesday that Iran is an escalating threat in
the Middle East.
Russia has managed to maintain close
relations with both Israel and Iran in spite of
the regional rivalry between those states.
Iran is attempting to establish a permanent
presence in war-torn Syria and already has a
high degree of control over Iraq, Yemen and
Lebanon, Netanyahu said in comments carried
by Russian state news agency TASS.
Israel had long been concerned that Iran could
be developing a nuclear weapon that could be
used against the Jewish state.
Netanyahu accused Iran of filling a vacuum
created by the withdrawal of the extremist
organisation Islamic State, according to
comments carried by Israel’s Channel 2.
The Iranian presence in Syria is a threat to
Israel, the Middle East and the world peace,
Netanyahu said.
A branch of the Iranian military, the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in a
statement that it had no plans to conduct
military operations outside Iran’s borders.
The Iranian comments came a few days after
comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, that the two countries were planning
joint operations against Kurdish militants in
the region.
Source: vanguardngr
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