Rav Harari (I think thats the name of the Syrian Rav) is considered an equal among the other Gadolim of our time.
I also saw a video on Youtube of Rav Ovadiah Yosef and he is clearly speaking hebrew
You can look it up yourself (Even if you just want to see Rav Ovadiah Yosef speak some torah)
Look up “Rav Ovadia Yosef: May a Jew enter the Temple Mount?” on Youtube.
Just a bit of a disclaimer, the english translation is a bit off the hebrew