Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam formed a new government on Saturday, the first since 2022. President Joseph Aoun said in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of former caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and signed a decree with Salam to form the new government....

Syria’s Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf on Saturday, in the first official visit by an Algerian official to Damascus since the Assad regime’s collapse. Al-Sharaa and his Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani received "a high-level delegation...

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met in Damascus on Saturday with a delegation from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), led by its director-general, Fernando Gonzalez. The presidency said the meeting was also attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani,...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday announced an agreement with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to coordinate efforts in securing the borders between the two countries amid recent reports of armed clashes. In a statement, the Lebanese Presidency said Aoun spoke with al-Sharaa...