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Israel’s World is Shrinking: How the Iran–Russia Axis is Gaining Ground

Kyle Orton
18 April 2019clock12 Minute Read
IAF flight for Israel

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16Is flying over Tel-Aviv in honour of the country’s Independence Day. According to the former commander of the IAF, Major General Amir Eshel, the force had conducted nearly 100 strikes in Syria in the five years prior to 2017, m

Israeli opinion generally regards the country’s efforts to contain Iran, especially in Syria, as having been successful. In fact, the trendline runs the other way: Iran is constraining Israel, entrenching all around the Jewish state. 

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