The move comes amidst Israel­i and US concer­ns that the sale would embold­en Iran and escala­te the Syrian warMOSCOW: Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and US concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war. “We have not changed our strategic line on Iran,” Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said on Tuesday. In Washington, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert could not confirm reports that the S-300 had been delivered. Spain will go ahead with sale of 400 bombs to Saudi Arabia“I cannot confirm that that is accurate. “That would be, I think, sort of a serious escalation in concerns and issues going on in Syria, but I just can’t confirm it.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune October 03, 2018 07:15 UTC