Netanyahu, Iranian defense minister to visit Moscow next week

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu will visit the Russian capital on Thursday, April 21, for talks with President Vladimir Putin. Both Moscow and Jerusalem announced that the meeting will cover the situation in Syria and the Palestinian issue. DEBKAfile's intelligence sources and its sources in Moscow report that the two leaders will deal mainly with the situation in southern Syria.   
Also visiting Moscow next week will be Iran's Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, who is scheduled to meet with senior Russian officials on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the situation in Syria.