Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on an official state visit to Jerusalem after a meeting in the Vatican. \"I am expecting you in Jerusalem. Not just me but all the people of Israel,\" Peres said in English to the pope at the end of their 30-minute meeting. Nasrallah, a close ally of Assad, said the fighting in the central Qusayr region close to the Lebanese border was \"not over\".