Russian forces in Syria fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, according to Israel’s top-selling newspaper. In their unsourced report on Friday, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily gave no dates or locations for the incidents nor any indication on whether the Israeli planes were hit. Asked about the alleged incidents, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “In this case, Israeli press reports are far from reality.” Press TV reports: Separately, Israel’s Channel 10 TV said a Russian warplane approached an Israeli warplane off the Mediterranean coast of Syria last week but that there was no contact between them. Israel has repeatedly violated Syrian airspace and bombed targets inside the country which is fighting foreign-backed militants. Israeli media claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow on Thursday. But the Kremlin on Friday denied the two had discussed the alleged incidents involving Russian forces in Syria and Israeli military aircraft. Israeli media had claimed that Tel Aviv was quick to set up an operational hotline with Moscow designed to avoid trading fire with Russian forces. “In this case, Israeli press reports are far from reality,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with journalists. Peskov, however, declined to comment on whether Russian forces in [...]
