Saar said the agreement followed a year of extensive dialogue between the two governments and was based on a joint decision by Netanyahu and Abdullahi. We will work together to promote the relations between our countries and nations, regional stability and economic prosperity, Saar wrote on social media, adding that he had instructed his ministry to immediately institutionalise ties across a wide range of fields.
A ceasefire in Gaza has created a hopefully enduring-albeit uneasy-pause in the two-year Israel-Hamas war, with the recent exchange and release of hostages hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough even as questions continue to come about whether this truce will hold. That uncertainty matters across the Middle East because even a small slip up could quickly devolve the region back into chaos with militaries and generals at the table instead of diplomats.
United States Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that the agreement would see Israel stopping its attacks on its neighbour, while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border. list of 3 itemsend of list Barrack said that both sides were negotiating in good faith on the agreement, which had been slated for completion this week, but had been slowed down by the Rosh Hashana holiday the Jewish New Year this week.
Fears of instability rise again as the TPLF and the federal government appear to be gearing up for a showdown. An eerily familiar set of headlines is making the rounds in Ethiopia, troubling many in the fragile, northern Tigray region. Successive delegations of civil society and religious leaders have, in recent weeks, travelled to the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, for dialogue. For some, it is a reminder of the events that played out in the final weeks before Tigray descended into war in November 2020.
US ambassador Tom Barrack announced a ceasefire between Syria and Israel, supported by the US and embraced by Turkiye, Jordan, and Syria's neighbors, aimed at ending recent sectarian violence.