Kremlin: Putin-Netanyahu call focused on Syria
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The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has had a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation in Syria.
The Kremlin said the conversation focused on "some aspects of the Syrian settlement," which it didn't specify, following up on the two leaders' talks in Moscow earlier this month.
The phone call came as Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman was visiting Moscow Thursday for talks on the situation along Syria's border with Israel.
The Syrian government's plans to recapture rebel-held areas near the border raised Israeli concerns that its backers -- Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- could take up positions along the frontier. Netanyahu has warned that his government would not allow Iran to maintain a permanent military presence anywhere inside Syria.
