Israel National News reports: “The Arab League urged Iran on Thursday to avoid actions that could inflame tensions in Syria, following the ouster of Tehran’s ally, former president Bashar Al-Assad, AFP reported.

Assad’s government collapsed on December 8, and he fled to Russia—a key backer of his regime—after an Islamist-led coalition gained control of city after city, culminating in the fall of Damascus…

In Thursday’s statement, the Arab League, which reinstated Assad’s Syria into the bloc last year after a decade of isolation, underscored the importance of respecting Syria’s sovereignty and stability.

It called for ‘restricting weapons to the hands of the state, dissolving all armed formations, and rejecting all destabilizing foreign interventions.’

The bloc also criticized Iran’s recent rhetoric, stating it ‘rejects the Iranian statements aimed at fuelling strife among the Syrian people.’ However, the specific statements were not detailed…”