Lebanese newspaper claims Israeli jets turn back after confrontation with Russian aircraft over northern Lebanon.
Russian forces warned Israel over IAF flights in Russian controlled airspace near the Syrian–Lebanese border area after Israeli jets were detected nearby, according to a report Friday in the Lebanese media outlet As Safir.
The report comes a mere day after Russia announced that it had established a "hotline" with Israel in order to coordinate aerial activity over Lebanon and Syria.
As Safir quoted Lebanese diplomatic officials who were "in the know," as saying that the warning was issued after Russian radar identified Israeli aircraft approaching Russian-controlled airspace two weeks ago.
WNU Editor: Apparently this altercation occurred two weeks ago. If true .... it occurred a week after Russian - Israeli Generals met and agreed to meet in the future to coordinate their air operations .... The Russian - Israeli Military Alliance Over Syria. And if the timeline is correct, after this Russian - Israeli altercation over Lebanon, they then sat down to work out the details .... Russia - Israel Begin Military Coordination Talks On Syria.
Hat Tip to RH who gave me a heads-up on this story.
1 comment:
So Russia has better relations with Israel than Obama?
Who would have thunk it!
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