Israel's Fight With Iran Proxies In Syria Poisons Russia Ties

The development comes with a key shift in Israeli policy - it no longer always tells Syria's patron Russia in advance about attacks on Syrian territory.

Since it went to war with Hamas early last month, Israel has stepped up strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria who have moved close to the Israeli border.

The development comes with a key shift in Israeli policy - it no longer always tells Syria's patron Russia in advance about attacks on Syrian territory.

"As a general rule," Israel isn't informing Russia before its strikes in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said Friday, according to the Interfax news service.  "We find out after they happen."