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The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John Yazigi said Sharaa's phone call expressing condolences 'was not enough' and urged him to bare responsibility.

Algeria has appointed a new ambassador to Syria and deployed energy experts to help restore its power grid, as part of efforts to rebuild ties with Damascus.

Countries in the Gulf have reopened their airspace and flights have resumed following Iranian strikes against US.

Speaking from Doha, the Lebanese prime minister said his government was working relentlessly to end Israel's occupation of parts of southern Lebanon

Proceedings in the Israeli parliament are continuing against Palestinian MK Ayman Odeh, who defiantly addressed the committee in Arabic.

The imprisonment of Boualem Sansal has been at the heart of a diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers.

Maersk will stop shipments to and from illegal Israeli settlements, but says the move does not extend to fully cutting ties with companies on the UN’s blacklist

Amnesty International has condemned the EU for failing to act after its review found Israel is breaching human rights obligations in Gaza.

A little-known armed group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunna has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Damascus church that killed 25 people.

Fethullah Gulen was accused of being behind the 2016 failed coup in Turkey that sought to topple Erdogan's government.