News of Wednesday 19 December 2018

• Leader’s remarks open new chapters of ties with neighbors
• Russia may have nuclear arms in Crimea, hacked EU cables warn
• Iran, Russia, Turkey agree to ramp up efforts aimed at Syrian constitutional committee
• Tensions continue to rise in Russia-Israel relations over Hamas, Ukraine
• Yemen's Houthis blast Sudan for planned war deployment
• Iran plans exports platform to counter ‘economic war’
• UN envoy discusses new Syria constitution body with Iran, Turkey, Russia FMs