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Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ending his family's brutal five-decade rule.

Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a Moroccan transport union.

Palestinians burst into the streets to celebrate and return to the rubble of their bombed-out homes on Sunday after a ceasefire deal halted fighting in Gaza, and three female hostages freed by Hamas were reunited with their mothers inside Israel.

Nearly 40,000 lives lost, including 20,000 militants. A territory 60% destroyed, an economy in ruins, and a collapsed social and healthcare system. 

Syria's new defence minister said on Sunday it would not be right for U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country's northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed forces.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar issued a stark warning on Sunday regarding the potential for ongoing regional instability if Hamas continues to govern the Gaza Strip. 

Here are the main elements of a Gaza ceasefire deal that went into effect on Sunday after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging the junta to start dialogue and end hostilities immediately. 

The far-right Jewish Power party, led by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, announced on Sunday its withdrawal from the ruling coalition over a disagreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East.

Iran unveiled an underground naval missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Saturday, state TV said, two days before the start of Donald Trump's second term as president.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that Israel is set to release more than 1,890 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of 33 Israeli hostages by Hamas.