(JNS) Israel Kasnett - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Moscow on Wednesday to discuss Israel's interest in removing Iranian forces from Syria and disallowing any continued Iranian presence there. But Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said, "Moscow, in reality, has neither the ability nor desire to get Iran out of Syria." What Moscow does want "is for everyone to be weaker than it is, and to be dependent on it, so if Israeli strikes weaken Iran, it also helps Putin." According to Borshchevskaya, Putin's strategy in Syria is "predicated on a partnership with Iran." At the end of the day, "Putin is no one's friend but his own, and when push comes to shove, he will look out for the Kremlin's interest."
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