Published: 19 July 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Putin says he agreed with Trump to secure Syria border with Israel (Bloomberg)
Russia has agreed with the US to secure Israel’s Golan Heights frontier with Syria, a line set in 1974 at the end of their last war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said
Helsinki summit: what did Trump and Putin agree? (Guardian)
Neither Putin nor Syria is prepared to expel Iran from Syria. At issue is whether an agreement can be reached that keeps Iranian-backed militia at a fixed distance from the Israeli border. “Creating safety for Israel is something both Putin and I would like to see very much,” Trump said.
Helsinki fiasco proves that Netanyahu’s adulation for Trump is a miscalculated risk for Israel (Haaretz)
CHEMI SHALEV A US president who shames his country in public won’t hesitate to stick a knife in the back of its ally in the Middle East
Photo: Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to Donald Trump during a press conference after their meeting in Helsinki (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
