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Syria shot down a Russian plane | Episode 20

James Sorene interviews Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Assaf Orion to ask why Syria shot down a Russian surveillance aircraft and what it means for Israeli-Russian relations and Israel’s ongoing fight against Iran in Syria. Assaf was head of Strategy in the Planning Directorate in the IDF General Staff (2010-2015) and is currently a senior research fellow at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv and a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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