Middle East/Levant & Turkey

Reports said that two Israeli missiles hit a building in the Syrian capital, with eight casualties in the area

According to a local source, however, the report is false, but the community is willing to enter talks with the regime

The announcement prompted celebrations throughout Syria, with the promise of a new, inclusive country – despite deadly clashes between former Assad loyalists and the new regime

More than 1,300 people have been killed since Assad loyalists attacked the new regime forces, leading to massacres reported and an investigation ordered into the incidents

'The whole world is silent, we only heard a voice from the State of Israel' • 'Help us, and if you reach the Syrian coast, which is mostly Alawite, you will be received with songs and flowers'

As of Sunday, 231 members of the regime forces had reportedly been killed, with the counter-offensive against the Alawite minority allegedly marked by revenge killings against civilians

Born in Beirut, educated in Paris and is based in New York, Michel Issa is said to be Trump's golfing partner

At least three fighters from the pro-Assad militias left over in the area, considered a stronghold of support for former president Bashar al-Assad, were also killed

Residents reported that money promised to them was not received • Hezbollah operatives were forced to leave positions in south of the Litani River to allow the Lebanese army to establish a presence

Washington demands the deployment of the Lebanese army and the disarmament of militias, including Hezbollah, under penalty of an international intervention under Chapter 7 of the UN

In response to the US relaying 'serious' warnings about a possible bombing of Beirut airport, the Lebanese authorities have blocked Iranian flights from coming in to the Beirut airport

The UN peacekeeping body issued a statement condemning the violence without naming its perpetrators

Turkey views the Kurds as an existential threat, despite their past role as a key US ally in the fight against ISIS – now, their future hangs in the balance

While US envoy Morgan Ortagus vowed Hezbollah will not be part of the government, the terror group, along with allied Amal, will hold five portfolios, including the Treasury

The Turkish president, who has ramped up criticism towards Israel since the start of the conflict in Gaza, maintains his support for the Palestinian terrorist group

Al-Sharaa is not willing to continue cooperation with Moscow without 'concrete measures such as compensation, reconstruction, and recovery' after years of support for the Assad regime

Masked men arrived at the house of Hezbollah's leader of the Western Beqaa Valley, Mohammed Hamada, and shot him four times • Their identities remain unknown

Nawaf Salam previously served as Lebanon's envoy to the UN, and oversaw the hearings against Israel submitted by South Africa in the International Court of Justice over the war in Gaza

The new government's intelligence services are using 'all capabilities to face all attempts targeting the Syrian people in all its components'

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (of the Shi'ite Amal party) adjourned the session for two hours for "consultations," before the second round of voting resumed

Lebanon is geared to select a new president this week as the army has made significant strides in taking over for IDF troops deployed in southern Lebanon

'Our armies continue their commitment against ISIS,' France's foreign minister wrote on X

Ahmed al-Sharaa expressed his hope that incoming US President Donald Trump will lift the sanctions on Syria, and that Russia will continue having a part in the country