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Netanyahu and Putin meet in Paris on November 30, 2015.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel this week to the Black Sea resort of Sochi to meet on Wednesday (August 23) with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The two leaders are set “to discuss the latest developments in the region,” according to a release by the Prime Minister’s Office.

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In the past two years Netanyahu has met with Putin every few months in order to discuss bilateral and regional issues, and “to prevent friction between the Israeli and Russian air forces in Syria, so far successfully,” his office said.

Iran is in the process of trying to establish a Shi’ite Crescent from Tehran through to the Mediterranean Sea coast off Lebanon, via Iraq, Syria and its ties with Hezbollah in Beirut.

Israel has repeatedly warned it will not allow Iran to establish a permanent presence along its borders in Syria, and undoubtedly that issue will be among those discussed Wednesday in Sochi.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.