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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani announced on Tuesday a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, marking the first official contact reported between the two nations. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got up from his hospital bed to call on unruly coalition partners to fall in line and back his government's 2025 budget after hardline rebels threatened to pull support for the bill.

An unusual number of Israelis, approximately 82,700, left the country in 2024 amid the ongoing war, according to data released on Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) for the start of the new year. 

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election.

The year 2024 has been a year of monumental change for the Middle East, filled with challenges but also signs of renewal. With terrorist groups defeated, oppressive regimes toppled, and destabilizing forces weakened, the region stands on the precipice of transformative progress. 

France carried out missile strikes last weekend in Syria, targeting Islamic State sites in the country, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine.

Emirates Airlines announced on Tuesday that it would extend the suspension of its flights to and from Beirut and Baghdad until January 31, 2025. 

Yemen's Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam said that the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday.

Egypt's economy displayed remarkable resilience amid global challenges, recording a 3.5% growth rate in the first quarter of the 2024/25 fiscal year, up from 2.7% in the same period last year. 

Families of military officers who served under Syria's ousted Bashar al-Assad are being evicted from their subsidised housing at a compound outside Damascus to make way for victorious former rebels and their families, residents and fighters there said.

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent a heartfelt message of condolences to U.S. President Joe Biden following the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, whom he described as “a man of reconciliation and dialogue.”