What the Downing of a Syrian Fighter Jet Says about Russian Guarantees
Keeping Iran out won’t be easy.
July 26, 2018
What the Downing of a Syrian Fighter Jet Says about Russian Guarantees
Keeping Iran out won’t be easy.
On Tuesday, a Syrian fighter jet crossed into Israeli airspace, where it was promptly shot down by a Patriot missile. In all likelihood the plane’s mission was to attack Islamic State positions not far from the Israel-Syrian border, and it strayed into Israel’s skies by accident. The IDF, for its part, acted in accordance with its established policy of responding to any violations of the country’s borders, intentional or not. The incident comes on the heels of apparent Russian and American promises to uphold the 1974 Israel-Syria armistice agreement, which the Syrian pilot broke. Yet, writes Oded Granot, the scenario Jerusalem faces across the border is far graver than stray fighter jets:
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