Israeli Air Force Shuns Attacks In Syria Since S-300 Delivery - Lawmaker

Israeli warplanes had not approached Syria's airspace since Russia supplied it with S-300 missile systems, Ksenia Svetlova, who sits on the Israeli parliament's defense committee, said Monday.

JERUSALEM (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th November, 2018) Israeli warplanes had not approached Syria's airspace since Russia supplied it with S-300 missile systems, Ksenia Svetlova, who sits on the Israeli parliament's defense committee, said Monday.

"There hasn't been a single mission since Syria received S-300s. The S-300 has changed the balance of power in the region," she told reporters.

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on October 2 that four launchers had been deployed to Syria to protect Russian military personnel from airstrikes.

The move, condemned by Israel, followed the deaths of 15 Russian service members whose plane was shot down by a Syrian missile off Latakia coast during a raid by Israeli F-16s. Russia said Israeli fighters had deliberately put its Il-20 under the attack of Syria's air defenses.