Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Moscow looking for a commitment that Russia’s reduction of its military forces in Syria won’t let the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and other militias strengthen their forces on his country’s northern frontier. It was that concern that led Netanyahu, who meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Thursday, to declare earlier this week on the Golan Heights that Israel will never give up the strategic plateau it captured from Syria almost 50 years ago, said Nadav Pollak, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “Given the Russian pullout,...
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