The head of the MoD of Israel called for an increase in defense spending due to the presence in the SAR of Russia
Sergei Shoigu and Avigdor Lieberman during the meeting in Israel, October 2017 of the year.
According to the newspaper Ha'aretz, we are talking about allocating “4,8 billion shekels (1,36 billion dollars) over the next three years in excess of defense expenditures limited by coalition agreements at the level of 56,1 billion shekels (15,95 billion dollars) per year.”
He pointed to three factors that changed the situation in the region.
The armed conflict in Syria has been going on since March 2011. According to the UN, more than 220 thousands of people died during this time. The Russian defense ministry has been conducting a counterterrorist operation in the SAR since September, 2015-Gopo, at the request of the official Damascus.
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