Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford has traveled to Israel to discuss military ties and address the Tel Aviv regime’s concerns about the situation in Syria and Egypt.
Dunford arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday and was slated to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ministry of military affairs, Avigdor Liberman.
He would also meet with the Israeli military’s Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and other commanders during the short stay.
According to Israeli media, the US military chief was going to hold detailed meetings with Eisenkot and Liberman, where they would discuss Russia’s involvement in the years-long Syria conflict.
Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah’s ever-growing influence in the region as well as the recent escalation of clashes in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula were also on the agenda, the reports added.
The visit was Dunford’s third trip to Israel in his current position and the latest in a series of…