Antoine Khoury

On Sunday, the Jordanian army announced that two Jordanian aircraft and one from the United Arab Emirates dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip.

Saudi Arabia signed a series of major investment and partnership agreements with Syria on Thursday, totaling $6.4 billion, as part of a broad effort to rebuild the country’s war-ravaged infrastructure and revive key economic sectors.

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Joe Raggi has called on the Kingdom of Bahrain to reopen its embassy in Beirut and reestablish full diplomatic ties, amid signs of easing tensions between Lebanon and Gulf nations. 

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to restoring stability in the Middle East during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday. 

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa met with Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday. On this occasion, a major investment package exceeding $17 billion in the United States was announced.

The Israeli army announced Monday that it had carried out strikes on several tanks near the southern Syrian city of Sweida, amid ongoing clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters that have reportedly left dozens dead.

In a surprising development, senior officials from Syria and Israel are expected to meet Saturday on the sidelines of a visit by Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Shaarah, to Azerbaijan. 

Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), met Wednesday in Damascus with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, alongside U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, in a bid to revive stalled efforts to integrate Kurdish-led institutions into the Syrian state.

Syrian authorities have officially appealed to the European Union for assistance in battling raging wildfires that have devastated parts of the coastal province of Latakia for six consecutive days. 

Jordanian firefighting teams have joined Syrian crews battling intense wildfires that have scorched around 10,000 hectares of forest and farmland in Syria’s coastal Latakia province.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Aguila Saleh, Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, to reaffirm Egypt’s unwavering support for Libya’s sovereignty, unity, and national institutions.

In the wake of a tragic terrorist attack on St. Elias Church in Damascus, the Syrian Liberal Party has issued a strong statement of condemnation, mourning the victims and urging national solidarity in defense of Syria’s values of coexistence, diversity, and freedom.