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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Moscow-rejects-Israeli-request-for-buffer-zone-in-Syria-505169
Israel Denies that Moscow Rebuffed Plea to Keep Iran Away from Israel-Syria Border
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - A senior official in Prime Minister Netanyahu's entourage said on Thursday that Israel never asked the Russians or Americans for the creation of a 60-km. buffer zone in Syria where Iran or Shia militias would not be allowed to operate, denying press reports. The official said that during Netanyahu's meeting with Russian President Putin last month, he did not ask anything. Rather, he made clear that Israel was opposed to a permanent Iranian presence in Syria and that Israel would act if necessary to back up that position.