Syrian’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa says his government has engaged in indirect talks with Israel in an attempt to ease escalating tensions between the two nations, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

The announcement comes after an escalation in Israeli attacks on Syria last week, including a strike that landed just 500 metres (1,640 feet)

U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will informally brief members of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday on Gaza and other regional issues, a U.S. administration official said.

The briefing, to which a diplomatic source said all 15 members of the Security Council have been invited, would take place at the U.S.

TEHRAN- The 11th edition of the Children’s book writer Farhad Hassanzadeh’s novel “Call Me Ziba” has recently been published.

Published by Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), the book reached its 11th printings just as the 36th Tehran International Book Fair is underway and its highly anticipated fi