Middle East/Levant & Turkey

The individuals eliminated were officers in the Customs Department and journalists who had pointed to the link between Hezbollah and the explosion

“The assassination of Tabatabai was a blatant attack and a heinous crime. We have the right to respond, and we will determine the timing for that"

Altaylı has been held since June in Marmara Prison in Silivri, following comments he made while discussing new polling on public attitudes toward Erdoğan’s political future

In a letter sent to Al-Sharaa and obtained by i24NEWS, the Syrian Liberal Party said its demand comes 'in response to the audacity of Iranian officials demanding debts allegedly owed by Assad’s regime

Intel shows Hezbollah's assassination unit 121 killed Christian politician Elias Hasrouni from the Lebanese Forces party in southern Lebanon’s Ain Ibl in August, 2023

In an extensive interview with the Washington Post on a range of topics, Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa commented on demilitarization and on Israel's entry into Syria after the fall of Assad's regime

The US also said it will take steps to lift economic restrictions on Syria, including issuing an 180-day pause of the Caesar Act, and allow Syria to resume operations at its Embassy in Washington

From exile in France, Uthman and his team have assisted European prosecutors in charging former Syrian officials with war crimes

The operations came as Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Washington to meet US President Donald Trump

Recently Turkey has been trying to position itself as a key mediator and reconstruction partner in post-war Gaza, while maintaining its hyperbolic anti-Israel rhetoric.

Defense Minister Katz said Hezbollah is 'playing with fire' after the IDF eliminated four Hezbollah terrorists, including a logistical commander, in southern Lebanon

'It's unreasonable there is no dialogue between Israel and Lebanon. Israel is ready to reach a border agreement with Lebanon. There'll be no problem between Lebanon and Israel if Hezbollah's disarmed'

"The issue of a humanitarian corridor from Israel to Sweida is out of the question"

Washington told Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, deploy its forces in southern Lebanon, and engage in direct negotiations with Israel; Failure to do so will result in "major Israeli strike," sources said

The agreement stipulates the integration of the Anti-Terrorism Forces (YAT) into the Syrian Ministry of Defense, allowing them to be deployed across various Syrian provinces

Meets will me held with US lawmakers to discuss the lifting of remaining sanctions on Syria, after al-Sharaa says security talks could lead to results in the near future

The Lebanese gov't regards the disarmament of the Iran-backed jihadist group as a matter of restoring Lebanese sovereignty

The IAEA found traces of uranium in Syria during an its investigation into a building Israel destroyed in 2007; it had suspected for a long time that the building was a secret nuclear reactor

The U.S. mission to the United Nations confirmed a Security Council vote will take place on Thursday morning

US envoy Thomas Barrack confirmed that Beirut is expected to unveil by August 31 a formal proposal addressing Hezbollah’s disarmament

'If the Lebanese Armed Forces take the necessary steps to implement the disarmament of Hezbollah, Israel will engage in reciprocal measures'

The proposal draft covered terms of the 'Withdrawal of UNIFIL with the aim of making the Lebanese Government the sole provider of security in southern Lebanon'

The report's scope is restricted to the atrocities committed against the Alawite minority in March