Israel will not tolerate an Iranian military presence in Syria, Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu said at his meeting with visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu today focused mostly on Iran's efforts to establish a presence next door.
"Iran has to understand that Israel will not allow this," ABC cited Netanyahu as saying.
The meeting comes a day after Israel destroyed a Russian-made, anti-aircraft missile launcher that took aim at its planes.
Israel has largely stayed out of the fighting in Syria but has carried out dozens of airstrikes on alleged weapons convoys bound for Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. It is also concerned arch-enemy Iran will plant itself on Israel's doorstep.
Israel and Russia have established a special mechanism to prevent friction between their air forces in Syria.
