Middle East

"We hope that the United States, President Trump, and America as a great power, we want it to guarantee the rights of all minorities in Syria," Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian's trip is part of a broader Iranian outreach to countries in Central Asia, including Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

According to the official Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi and Iranian sides “affirmed their commitment to implementing the Beijing Agreement in its entirety."

Kamalvandi stated that Iran is seeking new, binding assurances from the agency to prevent any misuse of data before it restores fuller cooperation.

“President Ahmad al-Sharaa discussed in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, cooperation, and strengthening ties between the two brotherly countries.”

The BBC says “more than 150,000 people have died in the conflict across the country, and about 12 million have fled their homes in what the UN has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis."

Raji cited "current conditions" for the decision not to go to Iran, without elaborating, and stressed that the move did not mean rejection of dialog with Iran.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Houthis have arbitrarily detained 59 Yemeni UN personnel, who have been held "incommunicado - some for years - without any due process."

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is also reportedly demanding Israel withdraw from the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors, Ynet said, quoting sources familiar with the matter.

Syria's state news agency reported the sound of an explosion in the vicinity of Damascus and said the matter was under investigation.