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Report: Israeli, Syrian Officials Discuss Removal of Iran and Its Militias from Syria
(Al Arabiya) Rawad Taha - Israel's demand to remove Iran and its militias from Syria was discussed by Syrian and Israeli officials last month at the Russian Hmeimim base in Syria's Latakia, according to the Syrian Bridges Center for Studies. According to the report, the meeting included the Director of Syria's National Security Office Maj.-Gen. Ali Mamlouk, Security Advisor at the Syrian Palace Bassam Hassan, and Israel's former army chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. Alexander Tchaikov, the commander of Russian forces in Syria, was also present. The center reported that Israel demands "completely removing Iran, Hizbullah and Tehran's militias."