Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told a media briefing in Moscow, ahead of his return to Israel, that Russia has distanced Iranian forces dozens of kilometers from the Golan Heights border.
Netanyahu said that Israel wanted to ensure that local residents who received aid from Israel would not be harmed during the operation by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to take control of the border area. He said it was his understanding that the United States will not leave Syria before Iran leaves.