Baladi - Newspapers
The Times of Israel newspaper wrote that Russia’s ambassador to Israel said in an interview Monday his country cannot force Iranian forces to withdraw from Syria, despite Israeli calls for Iran to withdraw from the country.
Speaking with Channel 10 news, Anatoly Viktorov said the Iranians are “playing a very, very important role in our common and joint efforts to eliminate terrorists in Syria, the newspaper said.
“The Iranian presence in Syria… is fully legitimate according to the UN principles and the UN charter,” he added.
The newspaper quoted Viktorov as saying: Russia can talk to its “Iranian friends” about a full withdrawal from Syria, as Israel demands, but “we cannot force them.”