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A jihadi cleric based in Syria has warned Russian Federation that the Arab country will be a “graveyard for invaders”.

Emphasising the importance of the visit, Netanyahu took along with him the chief of Israel’s armed forces and the general in charge of Israeli military intelligence.

A statement issued by the Joint Operations Command said the countries will “help and cooperate in collecting information about the terrorist Daesh group“, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.

The United States opened a dialogue with Tehran on Saturday over the crises in Syria and Yemen, as USA secretary of state John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN general assembly.

Obama and Putin will hold a bilateral meeting on Monday afternoon during the three-day session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Satellite images show that Russian Federation is expanding their military presence in Syria, where they have long supported one side of the ongoing civil war.

Independent Russian military analyst Alexander Golts said the operation – which would not jeopardise ground troops – would be “the most rational approach” if Putin was determined to use the Russian military influx in Syria to score diplomatic points.

Russia’s bolstering of its military aid to Syria has concerned U.S. officials.

Russian Federation has delivered new arms including warplanes to Syria as the regime increases attacks on rebels, officials said Tuesday, in a sign that Moscow’s growing support for its ally is having an effect.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter spoke on Friday with Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu over the phone on areas where “perspectives overlap and areas of divergence”, the Pentagon announced.

Kerry said that Assad’s removal has to be made in the context of the Geneva process and negotiation.