Last month, a devastating explosion rocked Beirut Port, killing 191 people and injuring more than 6,000.

At issue had been a decision by the Palestinian Authority to halt is participation in the process, as a protest move against pending Israeli annexation plans.

The government is unable to act because of political considerations, as evidenced by the way it could not decide for the second day in a row on even a partial nighttime lock-down.

The Islamic Waqf has thus far been opposed to any closure.

The Standing Together movement organized the display with "one chair for each person the government was supposed to protect, but abandoned."

Syria is pinning its hopes on Russia, its biggest foreign ally, to help it shore up its economy.

Greek FM Nikos Dendias updated FM Gabi Ashkenazi of the decision. Travel will be subject to a negative coronavirus test, which has to have been taken within 72 hours of traveling.

The trip would be the first publicly acknowledged visit to Israel by an official delegation from the UAE.