Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to London, said, that Israel is ready to attack not only on Iranian forces in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, but also ready to attack the position of the Syrian army, to prevent the strengthening of the Iranian military presence, According to Agency France Presse.
In a statement, Netanyahu said, that the war in Syria with IG (banned in Russia) Assad is finished and it's time to think about the future deployment on its territory of Iranian entities, and stop to allow them to attack Israel from its territory. he warned, if Syria continue to strike Israel, that Tel Aviv will take all measures for the destruction of the Syrian army. If Assad does not want confrontation with Israel, it is necessary to look “out of this situation”, otherwise in the event the Iranian forces, the consequences will be felt not only they, but the Assad regime.
Earlier, Tel Aviv had already warned about the occurrence of Damascus “moment of truth”, and that Damascus must determine their attitude to Iran. The head of the Israeli intelligence warned Yisrael Katz, that taking sides in Tehran, Syrian authorities will make themselves “worse”, since Israel will act against Iran on Syrian territory.
In late May, has developed in recent years the situation in Syria were discussed in Moscow the Russian and Israeli Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Avigdor Lieberman. According to Israeli journalists, parties agreed, Damascus warns Tehran from building permanent military bases on the territory of Syria and the Iranian forces will ask to withdraw more than 20 kilometers from the border with Israel.