Israel flatly denies deal with Russia on Iranian presence in Syria

The Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem issued a statement Saturday night clearly repudiating media reports  that claimed Israel and Russia had cone to terms on Iranian forces in Syria. The statement emphasized that no agreement had been reached on this matter; Israel continues to demand the total evacuation of all Iranian forces from Syria and reserves its own freedom of action in this regard. DEBKAfile’s sources reported on Thursday, after a phone conversation between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Vladimir Putin, that progress had been made in negotiations but nothing had been agreed.

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