Saudi Arabia offers travel permits to Syrian businessmen, investors: What to know Syrian entrepreneurs can now directly apply for travel licenses at the Saudi Embassy in Damascus, while Saudi investors seeking to visit Syria can register via the Interior Ministry’s e-platform. Syria
What to make of Egypt's removal of Alaa Abdel-Fattah from terror list An Egyptian court has removed a prominent jailed activist from the country's terrorism list amid scrutiny over Egypt’s human rights record under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt
Turkey secures $2.8B green financing for Azerbaijan railway: What to know The 223-kilometer railway will connect to the existing train route that joins Turkey’s northeastern city of Kars and the Georgian and Azerbaijani capitals of Tbilisi and Baku. Turkey
‘We will intervene’: Turkey’s Fidan warns against dividing Syria Ankara threatens action against the Kurdish-led SDF as the US pushes for the group’s integration into a post-regime Damascus. Turkey
US to withdraw from UNESCO over 'anti-Israel rhetoric' The State Department slammed the UN organization's “globalist, ideological agenda." United States