Iranian FM Amir-Abdollahian says in Farsi that strategic relations between Iran and Syria are at their best. “We are in the same trench, and we support Syria’s leadership, government and people," he later says in Arabic.
Comments made after Russia raises the issue of an ammonia leak in Ukraine – blaming "Ukrainian radical nationalist groups" – during a closed-door UN Security Council meeting. Moscow's G20 membership under fire from US and allies. Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Dmitry Muratov to auction off medal to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.
Panel is devoted to building social resilience and integrating Arab Israelis into the country's social fabric.
"Israel's reaction to Ukraine will have bearing on future aid from the US to Israel. Pay it forward," Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger says.
Israel is famous for being a hot country. But Mount Hermon, on the border of both Lebanon and Syria, is covered in snow in the winter months, and it takes veterans of elite Golani units to train for conditions few Israelis will ever encounter.
