Yadlin: Assad Stepping Down Guarantees Change in Northern Front, Radicalism

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Former Head of "Israeli" Military Intelligence General Amos Yadlin commented on the "Israeli" War Minister Moshe Ya'alon's threat in striking the Russian missiles in Syria, saying, "I believe "Israel" does not want to attack Syrians in Syria, but rather works on preventing Hizbullah from acquiring developed weapon systems. In any case there is a confrontation between "Israel" and Syria, the S-300 would undoubtedly be a viable target."

"As for the possibility of Russian experts going to Syria to train Syrians on the S-300, this is an important point. The missile system can arrive without experts, assuming that Syrians already had their training in Russia. Then again, it can arrive with Russian experts who will not fight but are present in the country. It's difficult to assume that Russia will send a lot of experts in Syria at a time where a civil war occurs, because they won't be safe," Yadlin noted.

Remarking on the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's comment that the missile system will restrain some ‘hotheads', Yadlin said that he could either mean the Syrian opposition Russia considers as terrorist, illegal and impulsive.

"He could also mean the Europeans who decided to lift the arms embargo off rebels and send weapons to the opposition. Likewise, he could also mean Qatar and Saudi Arabia who arm the opposition or the US after it okayed a no-fly zone there, or he could mean "Israel"," he added.

Moreover, Yadlin said that Assad's stepping from office is a good thing for "Israel"; The Iran-Syria-Hizbullah axis will break in the middle, since Assad allowed Iran in to the Arab world, and allowed money and weapon to be delivered to Hizbullah, and his stepping down would guarantee a change in the Northern Front and the radical axis.

Source: News Agencies, edited by website team