Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he had instructed the military to create a weapons-free zone in southern Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Together with the prime minister, I have instructed the [Israeli military to establish a sterile defense zone free of weapons and terrorist threats in southern Syria, without a permanent Israeli presence,” Katz said during a visit to a naval base in the northern city of Haifa. He said it was in order “to prevent the establishment and organization of terrorism in Syria.”Read more:Satellite imagery shows Russian navy ships anchored off Syria’s coastHow al-Assad’s fall unravels Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’Tehran says 4,000 Iranians returned from Syria since al-Assad’s fall