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Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia in first post-Assad trip: What we know

Syrian Foreign Minister Al-Shaibani is on his first foreign visit to Riyadh less than a month since Bashar al-Assad's fall, received by senior Saudi officials including the foreign and defense ministers.

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Analysis

What's next for Gallant after Knesset resignation over ultra-Orthodox draft

Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has made the battle against ultra-Orthodox exemptions from military service his key policy issue.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Blood-stained mattresses inside a tent following an overnight Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill police chief, two dozen others

Agence France-Presse

Narges Mohammadi has not seen her children for eight years

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to publish two books

Agence France-Presse

Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shibani (L) is welcomed to Saudi Arabia on his transitional government's first foreign visit since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month

Syria's new rulers hold talks in Saudi on first foreign visit

Agence France-Presse

A photographer shoots the closed door of Al Jazeera TV's office in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah following a suspension order from the Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts

Agence France-Presse

Israel appears in no mood to back down against Iran

Israel's sacked defence minister Gallant quits parliament

Agence France-Presse

The Saudi national flag pictured flying in the capital

Saudi executes at least 338 people in 2024: AFP tally

Agence France-Presse

Demonstrators rally in the Syrian city of Douma demanding answers about the fate of four activists who were abducted 11 years ago, possibly by Islamist rebels

11 years on, Syria protesters demand answers on abducted activists

Agence France-Presse

The security forces of the Palestinian Authority have been engaged in deadly clashes with gunmen since early December

Anticipating Trump, Palestinian Authority eager to crush militants: analysts

Agence France-Presse

Palestinian children inspect damage after an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the north of Gaza where several displaced Gazans said they also fear falling temperatures and heavy rains

Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes

Agence France-Presse

US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (R) on March 26, 1979 on the north lawn of the White House after the signing of a historic peace treaty

Carter's Middle East peace legacy survives, but mostly in name

Agence France-Presse

Syrian Minister of Information Mohamed al-Omar speaks to journalists during a meeting in Damascus on December 31, 2024

Syria's new information minister promises free press

Agence France-Presse