🇸🇾 - Syrian security authorities say former SDF fighters will be able to "regularize" their status in Deir ez-Zor.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The Israeli government says searches are underway in a cemetery in northern Gaza for the remains of the last hostage.

🇸🇾 - SDF commander Mazloum Abdi pledges to fight to keep control of Syria's Kurdish regions.

🇪🇬🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The Israeli government says Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt will remain closed until the last hostage is found.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The Israeli military says it has found the remains of the last hostage held in the Gaza Strip.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez says she has had "enough" of taking orders from the US.

🇸🇦🇦🇪 - The Saudi Foreign Ministry expresses its desire to build "strong and positive" ties with the UAE.

🇺🇸🇲🇱🇳🇪🇧🇫 - The US military says it still maintains ties with the juntas in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The US military confirms the arrival of one of its aircraft carriers in Middle Eastern waters, near Iran.

🇺🇸 - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says Europe cannot defend itself without the US.

🇱🇧🇶🇦 - The Qatari government pledges to provide $434 million in financial aid to Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says threats made by the US against Iran are also threats against his group.

🇹🇷🇮🇶🇸🇾 - The PKK says the offensive against the SDF in Syria is affecting the peace process with Turkey.

🇯🇵🇨🇳 - Fishermen say Japanese officials quietly urged them to avoid sensitive waters to ease tensions with China.

🇸🇸 - The South Sudanese government urges opposition forces to cease fighting to avoid reigniting civil war.

🇷🇺🇸🇾 - Sources say the Russian military is withdrawing from an aiport in northwestern Syria.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the establishment of a Palestinian state "will not happen."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warns of "instability" caused by threats by the US.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - US President Donald Trump threatens to stop helping Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returns to office.

🇸🇦🇮🇷 - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he will not allow the country's airspace to be used against Iran.