Israeli political and military leaders believe Russia is willing to discuss a significant distancing of Iranian forces and puppet Shi’ite militias from the Israel-Syria border, according to Israeli officials cited on Sunday evening by Haaretz.
An agreement in November between Moscow, the United States and Jordan did not accept Israel's wish to keep the Iranians between 60 and 70 kilometers from the Golan Heights, but the change in Russia’s position has become clearer since Israel's recent military clash with Iranian forces in Syria, amid Moscow’s concerns that further Israeli moves would threaten the stability of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime.