The Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon said that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power diplomatically or through other means.

The Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon said that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power diplomatically or through other means.

"After dismantling Syria chemical weapons, the regime in Damascus must be changed," Yaalon stated.

"The Zionist entity will follow up the process of dismantling Syria chemical weapons because it will not allow transmitting such  developed weapons to Hezbollah or any other side."