The Russian and Israeli militaries recently held their first meeting in months to discuss Iran and Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets but both remained committed to their own policies on the issues.
According to the press office of the Israeli army, the Moscow meeting revolved around the topic of possible improvements in their structure to reduce conflict (deconfliction) in Syria. Created in 2015 to prevent air incidents, the structure seemingly functioned fairly well for almost two years. However, the Sept. 18 Il-20 tragedy showed the mechanism is by no means flawless.
