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May 28, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Syrian-Air-Force-bars-Iran-from-using-its-bases-558539

Report: Syrian Air Force Bars Iran from Using its Bases

(Jerusalem Post)Yami Roth - The commander of the Syrian Air Force has decided Syria will no longer allow Iranian-backed Shiite factions to use its bases to store ammunition and host fighters, the Syrian opposition newspaper Zaman al-Wasl reported on Monday. The report claims that the decision was made "following recent Israeli attacks." Citing a source in the Syrian army, the report stated that this is the first step in a process leading to a Syrian demand that Iranian backed-forces leave Syria. The London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on May 26 that Israel delivered to Russia a list of "Red Lines" it would not tolerate and warned that it would act to prevent Iran from building up its forces in the whole of Syria, not only in the southern part near Israel.

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