The Lebanese Presidency has announced the formation of a new 24-member government headed by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after more than two years of an interim cabinet.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue his war on Gaza in a bid to stop far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich from exiting his coalition cabinet.

Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun has picked Nawaf Salam, the presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, as prime minister following consultations with lawmakers.

A top aide to Netanyahu says the Israeli prime minister is unlikely to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, as he has not received an official invitation.

Iraq’s prime minister travels to Iran’s capital Tehran for talks Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has described Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war criminal” over the Tel Aviv regime’s bloody onslaught against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has warned that any aggression on Syrian territories will pose a direct threat to security and stability in the West Asia region.