Iranian media reports that Russia does not intend to prevent future Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons facilities and shipments in Syria other than a few areas in southern Syria.
The report comes as Israel and Russia remain at loggerheads after Syria mistakenly downed a Russian air force jet earlier this month following an Israeli bombing.
According to reports, Russia is opposed to attacks in the area of the town of Latakia, due to the large concentration of Russia military personnel stationed there.
Israel has long attacked Iranian military bases in Syria and shipments of advanced missiles to it's Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
Tensions between Israel and Russia flared up recently after a IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft was reported missing over Syria, following an Israeli airstrike on a military research facility in northern Syria.
The plane, which was carrying 15 crew members, was later declared lost, after apparently being downed by a Syria surface-to-air missile.
Russian officials blamed Israel for the downing of the IL-20, saying the IDF had provided just one-minute advance notice of the impending airstrike to Russian Defense Ministry officials, adding that the Israeli fighter jets had used the IL-20 to draw the Syrian air defense network’s fire. READ MORE
