Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa said Monday that Damascus supports Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah, warning that the current escalation poses a serious threat to regional security. Sharaa made the remarks during a virtual meeting with several Middle Eastern leaders, held at the...

The clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme leader, succeeding the slain Ali Khamenei, has more or less reached a majority consensus, Assembly of Experts member Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri said on Sunday. The Mehr news agency quoted him as saying “some obstacles” still...

The US Central Command denied on Saturday that any US service members had been taken hostage or captured by Iran. In a post on X, Iranian security chief Ali Larijani said: “It has been reported to me that several American soldiers have been taken prisoner.” It has been...

Brigadier General Ziad al-Ayesh, the presidential envoy tasked with monitoring the implementation of the January 29 agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), announced the commencement of the return of displaced residents to their homes in the Aleppo countryside. He confirmed that the...