EXPLAINER - What Syria's removal from US terrorism list means

Delisting ends a 47 year designation, clears one of the last major barriers to foreign investment, banking access

EXPLAINER - What Syria's removal from US terrorism list means

Delisting ends a 47 year designation, clears one of the last major barriers to foreign investment, banking access

UNRWA urges international community to protect training center after Israeli raid

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Iconic Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour dies at 79

Mansour was one of the most prominent figures in modern Palestinian art, working as painter, sculptor, writer, and cartoonist25 August 2026

UNIFIL says ‘entire neighborhoods’ wiped out in southern Lebanon

UN peacekeeping force reports extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure, says some damage appears ‘systematic rather than selective’25 August 2026

Pakistan says ‘significant progress’ made after army chief holds talks in Tehran on US-Iran memorandum

Field Marshal Asim Munir returns after day-long visit to Tehran, where he meets Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, other senior officials25 August 2026

Israeli airstrike, artillery shelling hit southern Lebanon despite US-mediated deal

Israeli forces also erect earth barriers near populated areas, Lebanese media says25 August 2026

Israeli police raid Palestinian graduation venue in occupied East Jerusalem, detain several attendees

3 Palestinians also injured in attack by Israeli occupiers near Hebron as Israeli army carries out raids across West Bank25 August 2026

Türkiye, Qatar target $5B in bilateral trade

Bilateral trade grew 53-fold over past 21 years, reaching $1.3 billion in 202525 August 2026

Saudi Arabia, France back Palestinian state, call for Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon

Joint statement urges negotiated solution on Iran, calls on Tehran to resume full cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog25 August 2026

Sudan’s government intensifying efforts to support civilian dialogue: UN

UN political affairs chief says fighting has escalated near Sudan-Ethiopia border as advanced weapons point to continued foreign support25 August 2026

Turkish envoy says Syria’s removal from US terrorism list opens door to 'brighter future'

'The last obstacle standing in the way of our friend and brother Syria’s integration with the world has finally been removed,' says Nuh Yilmaz25 August 2026

Israel has killed over 21,500 children, targeted 1,244 mosques since start of Gaza war: Media office

Government office says 1,077 of enclave’s 1,275 mosques have been destroyed since October 202325 August 2026

EXPLAINER - What Syria's removal from US terrorism list means

Delisting ends a 47 year designation, clears one of the last major barriers to foreign investment, banking access

EXPLAINER - What Syria's removal from US terrorism list means

Delisting ends a 47 year designation, clears one of the last major barriers to foreign investment, banking access

Middle East

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Middle East

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YPG terror group in Syria announces its dissolution

14 Houthi fighters killed in strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen govt-aligned forces say

Yemen’s presidential council vows to step up ‘deterrence’ measures against Houthis

Another 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes across beleaguered Gaza Strip

Israel green-lights raft of West Bank settlement areas for future expansion: Watchdog

Damascus decries Israeli defense chief's visit to occupied buffer zone