Israeli military official: We are monitoring Iranian efforts to locate in Iraq

An Israeli military official said his country was closely monitoring Iranian efforts to locate in Iraq .

"A year ago, we were not watching Iraq at all, but now we are closely monitoring Iran's capabilities, including those in Iraq, " Uri Oron, head of Israel's air force intelligence, told Haaretz .

"We see Iran's involvement in missile production sites in Syria and Lebanon. Iranians understand the power of high-altitude missiles . "

On the other hand, he pointed out that "Russia's air intervention in Syria decided the war in favor of Assad unequivocally ."

"Does the Russian presence restrict the activity of the Israeli Air Force? It defies us. We have to be very careful. But that does not mean that the Israeli Air Force flies only in Israeli airspace . "

The Iranians "aspire to the establishment of military capabilities to enable themselves to establish a kind of hegemony in Syria, not an attempt to make Syria Shiite. It is a big challenge and we are trying to prevent this process . "

But pointed out that the ongoing Israeli attacks on Iranian positions in Syria "did not put an end to Iran's desire to establish itself in Syria ."

The Israeli army announced that it had carried out more than 200 raids on targets, most of them Iranian, in Syria in 2017 .

Israeli officials say they oppose Iranian positions in Syria and demand a withdrawal from there.

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