US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, informed the Israeli government that “understandings” are beginning to take shape around a new proposed prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. Witkoff also told both parties that negotiations could move

The US-led International coalition has nearly completed its withdrawal from Deir al-Zzor, eastern Syria, after two months of contradictory military moves.

In a distinctly political visit, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrived in Baghdad aimed at easing previous tensions and renewing diplomatic ties between Lebanon and Iraq.