The Daily Telegraph notes that Iran is sending 150 senior Revolutionary Guard commanders to Syria to assist the regime of Bashar al-Assad to repel opposition attempts to overthrow the government. The BBC and the Independent reports that Syrian troops have recaptured a town on the border with Jordan in an apparent attempt by the regime to stem the flood of refugees fleeing the civil war. The paper also publishes an opinion piece by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor, who comments on the danger of Europe being too soft on terrorism while the European Union continues to define Hezbollah as a ‘charitable and political group’. The Financial Time’s Philip Stephens discusses the likelihood of Israel taking military action against Iran over its nuclear programme. The Independent and the Daily Telegraph notes a heated debate in the Democratic Convention over a request from the White House to insert a paragraph supportive of Israel into the official Democrat party platform. The BBC also noted that Israel admitted three of 21 Eritrean migrants who had been stuck on its border with Egypt, after its initial refusal sparked condemnation and court action.

Several Israeli news outlets note a Washington Post report, which suggests Syrian authorities have dispersed the country’s chemical weapons cache in over twenty locations, heightening the risk of such weapons falling into the hands of terrorist groups. Several papers also note that in his acceptance speech Thursday night, at the Democratic National Convention, US President Barack Obama promised not to waiver on Israel’s security, the pursuit of peace and to keep the world united against the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions. Haaretz reports that Defence Minister Ehud Barak hinted Thursday that there might be no need for an Israeli strike on Iran, due to the unprecedented concentration of US forces in the Persian Gulf. Barak spoke shortly after meeting with Admiral James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is visiting Israel. Times of Israel reports that rather than resist mounting pressure on his administration by masses demonstrating across the West Bank, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to embrace the growing protest.