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Russian Officials in Israel Discuss Iranian Activity in Syria
(Ha'aretz) Noa Landau - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Russian military chief of staff, Gen. Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss distancing Iranian forces from the Golan Heights and removing long-range Iranian missiles from Syria. A senior Israeli official said after the meeting: "The removal of Iran must include the removal of long-range weapons, halting the production of precision weapons as well as the air defenses that protect the missiles, and the closure of border crossings that permit smuggling of this weaponry to Lebanon and to Syria. Russia has a certain ability to prevent this. They are a significant factor in Syria."