Netanyahu Accuses Iran of Building Missile Production Sites in Syria

August 28, 2017

Author: 

Peter Beaumont

Publication: 

The Guardian

Related Country: 

  • Israel
  • Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of building missile production sites in Syria and Lebanon during a meeting in Israel with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Netanyahu claimed that Iran was building the sites as part of a strategy to turn Syria into a "base of military entrenchment as part of its declared goal to eradicate Israel."