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US pressures Israel over strikes on Lebanon

Syria’s foreign, defense ministers arrive in Moscow; Israeli defense minister says military will never fully withdraw from Gaza; and more.

A convoy carrying a UN security council delegation, tours the border with Israel close to the southern Lebanese area of Naqura on December 6, 2025. UNIFIL peacekeepers have been tasked with acting as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon since March 1978, and with monitoring the November 2024 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)

Welcome back to the Daily Briefing.

This is Rosaleen Carroll, filling in for Gabrielle.

In today’s edition:

  • US pressures Israel over strikes on Lebanon in round 2 of Israel-Lebanon talks
  • Syria’s foreign, defense ministers arrive in Moscow
  • Israeli defense minister says military will never fully withdraw from Gaza
  • Yemeni ministries voice support for UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council
  • Clashes between Kurdish-led SDF, Syrian government forces kill 2 in Aleppo

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