Abby Sewell

Syria will give inspectors immediate access to suspected former nuclear sites, UN watchdog chief tells @AP He also said President Ahmad al-Sharaa expressed an interest in pursuing nuclear energy for Syria in the future https://t.co/UHuCWnPrOy

Israel says rockets fired from Syria for the first time since Assad's fall. A little-known group that surfaced days earlier on Telegram claimed the launch. Israel's defence minister said they hold Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa "directly responsible" https://t.co/pTIUlKQqMe

Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 27, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said, in the third such shooting in three days. The army said it fired “near a few individual suspects”

Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq https://t.co/vOg8CivOwg

Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad's fall Via @bmroue https://t.co/9kNEWpgLns

The U.S. flag was hoisted Thursday outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government https://t.co/5mG91vNd1p

EU lifts most Syria sanctions but slaps new ones on alleged culprits in attacks on Alawite civilians https://t.co/M34LwhtldJ

Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship. But their ties have warmed after the fall of Assad in Syria. I took a look at the new dynamic of cooperation and whether it's likely to last: https://t.co/qHmhX9v8LK

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP Via @sammymagdy and @sammednick https://t.co/WN1W1QC2ob

Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria https://t.co/uKmAY2MCUd

A document sent out last week by the State Department’s policy and planning staff proposed a three-phase road map for sanctions relief, starting with short-term waivers. Progress toward additional relief and an outright lifting of penalties in future phases would be tied to tough

In Syria, a Shiite shrine and community navigate a changed landscape Via @MariamFam https://t.co/aoSJaiavdM

The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents agreed Wednesday to remove weapons that aren’t under the authority of the Lebanese state, paving the way to remove weapons from factions in Lebanon's camps, although the mechanism for doing so remains unclear https://t.co/oaRnmkGncb

Syria's driest winter in nearly 7 decades triggers a severe water crisis in Damascus Via @AlsayedGhaith Omar Sanadiki @bmroue https://t.co/Gzkjwp2g3H

Israel launched “extensive” new ground operations in Gaza while airstrikes killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics said, and forced northern Gaza’s main hospital to close: https://t.co/gFDaFQ6zRl