With the war against ISIS in Syria winding down, Russia and Iran are stabilizing their military presence in Syria. Israel has repeatedly warned that they will not tolerate Iran’s military presence in southern Syria. On Wednesday, August 23rd, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Sochi, Russia … for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ‘We cannot forget for a single minute that Iran threatens every day to annihilate Israel,’ Netanyahu said during their pre-meeting press appearance. ‘ It (Iran) arms terrorist organizations, it sponsors and initiates terror.’” (https://int.icej.org/news/headlines/netanyahu-meets-putin) All of this has overwhelming implications for the Gog and Magog war mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39.