Israël a fait part de son scepticisme devant les informations rapportées par la presse selon lesquelles la Syrie aurait acquis des missiles S-300. Le discours du président Assad était beaucoup plus vague. Quoiqu’il en soit, il faudrait des mois avant que ces missiles deviennent opérationnels. La question est de savoir dans quelle mesure les Russes sont partie prenante de cette déclaration du président Assad.
Israel doubts Assad possesses S-300 system, but has good reason to worry
By Amos Harel
Haaretz
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Israel treated the report skeptically, saying it had no information to confirm it, suspecting it was merely a crude attempt at psychological warfare. And in fact, this skepticism proved warranted: When the full text of Assad’s interview with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television station was published, it turned out that all he said, when asked whether the S-300 had been delivered yet, was, “All of our agreements with Russia will be implemented, some have been implemented during the past period and, together with the Russians, we will continue to implement these contracts in the future.”