This morning’s Times editorial analyses Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s party conference speech yesterday. The critique includes the comment that Corbyn’s claim to be a lifelong supporter of human rights is contradicted by his support for Iran and sympathy towards the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah, “who seek the annihilation of Israel.”

The continuing fallout from Russia’s deployment in Syria remains a focus this morning. The Times “Q&A” column lists some of the consequences of Moscow’s increased involvement in Syria, including a reduced role for Hezbollah, allowing the terror group to refocus on Israel. The Times online says that Russia has sent six of its most advanced fighter jets to the Latakia base it is building in Syria. The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph cover comments made yesterday by Prime Minister David Cameron on US television, in which he said that sharp divisions exist between the UK and US position and that of Russia with Iran, who won’t accept a Syria without President Assad. Cameron said that they must be convinced otherwise.

There is plenty of commentary regarding the geopolitical implications of the situation in Syria. An editorial in the Financial Times says that Russia’s President Putin is investing energy in Syria in order to establish a foothold in the Middle East and deflect attention away from Ukraine and Russia’s economy. In the Times, Roger Boyes urges the West to ignore Putin’s “ISIS first” plan, which he says is simply a cover to buy time for the Assad regime. Patrick Cockburn in the Independent argues that international disunity over strategy in Syria merely strengthens ISIS, which can only ever be defeated by military action, not diplomacy. Meanwhile, Con Coughlin in the Telegraph says that Putin has achieved “checkmate” over the United States in Syria and that Moscow, not Washington is “calling all the shots” regarding the conflict.

The Financial Times online says that Iranian political leaders considered to be reactionary hardliners, have responded with outrage to reports that Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif shook hands with US President Barack Obama during a chance encounter at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The top story in both Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom is a rocket fired yesterday from the Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Rocket warning sirens were sounded but the Iron Dome anti-missile system successfully intercepted the rocket. The Salafist group, the Omar Brigade, which is sympathetic towards ISIS, said that it had fired the rocket. Israel Radio news reports that Israel’s Air Force responded by targeting four Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip this morning. No injuries were reported as a result of the rocket fire or Israel’s response.

Maariv and Yediot Ahronot both prominently cover comments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his way to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Netanyahu has indicated that his speech will focus on the threat of Iranian aggression and its nuclear ambitions, especially as the subject has so far been ignored by world leaders at the gathering, who even view Tehran as part of the solution in Syria. Writing in Yediot Ahronot though, Eitan Haber says that such a speech would be futile, as “Not only will most of the Arabs, and a large number of other states, vote against Israel no matter what, but the Iranian issue appears to them today to be a thing of the past.”

Meanwhile, both Haaretz and Maariv report on the continuing tension in Jerusalem, especially around the Temple Mount which is holy to both Jews and Muslims and has become a significant flashpoint for violence.