‘Russia rejects Israeli demand on Syria buffer zone’

‘Russia has reportedly rejected an Israeli demand to create a “buffer zone” in Syria where forces allied to the Syrian government would be prohibited from entering.
The Israeli daily Haaretz said in a report on Friday that Russia had rejected an Israeli demand to establish a “buffer zone” in Syria stretching 60 to 80 kilometers from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The report said Israel had demanded that Iranian, Hezbollah, and other pro-Damascus forces be prohibited from entering that space.
Iran does not have combat forces on the ground in Syria but offers advisory military assistance to the Damascus government. Russia, another Syrian ally, has been conducting an aerial bombardment campaign in Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month traveled to Russia to discuss with President Vladimir Putin his “concerns” about Iran’s growing influence in Syria. In the meeting with Putin in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi in late August, Netanyahu accused Iran of trying “to establish a foothold in Syria.”’
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