U.S. And Russia Commit To Expelling Iranian Forces From The Israeli-Syrian Border

IDF tanks are seen along the Golan Heights border with Syria. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Jerusalem Post: US, Russia commit to expelling Iranian forces from Israeli-Syrian border

Israeli officials have repeatedly voiced concerns over the growing Iranian presence on its borders and the smuggling of sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah from Tehran to Lebanon via Syria.

Russia has committed to expelling Iranian-backed forces from the border with Israel on the Golan Heights as part of a ceasefire agreement in southern Syria signed with the United States and Jordan.

According to a senior American official, the US-Russia-Jordan Memorandum of Principles (MOP) “enshrines the commitment of the US, Russia, and Jordan to eliminate the presence of non-Syrian foreign forces,” including Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias like the Lebanese Hezbollah as well as foreign jihadis working with Jabhat al-Nusra and other extremist groups from Syria’s southwest.

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Update #1: US, Russia reach Syria agreement to distance Iran from Golan Heights — reports (The Times of Israel)
Update #2: US, Russia, Jordan reach cease-fire in Syria, will expel Iran from Israel border area (JNS)

WNU Editor: Israel is not impressed with this agreement .... Israel signals free hand in Syria as US, Russia expand truce(Reuters). More here .... Israel signals it is not bound by US-Russia ceasefire deal in Syria (The Times of Israel).