Chuck Hagel calls Moshe Ya’alon
On his way back from the Far East, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called two allied defense ministers from his plane early Saturday – Israel’s Moshe Ya’alon and France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian. The French minister is present in the Persian Gulf having taken command of the naval and air forces based in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and assigned to take part in the coming US military action against Syria.