Saudi Arabia, Nigeria thwart Lebanese Hezbollah-linked drug trafficking ring


More than a decade later, Syrian army forces entered the Daraa Balad area south of the city of Daraa under a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement. Deraa, the first point of protest in Syria, has been under government control since 2018, but the Deraa Balad area in the south was controlled by opposition forces.
Pentagon spokesman says Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday has been postponed due to a change in schedule.

In an interview with Al-Arabiya, US Undersecretary of State for Middle East Affairs Joey Hood stressed that the Biden administration would never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
The secretary of state announced a "fruitful meeting" with the foreign ministers of more than 20 US allies and allies, and said that during the meeting, everyone agreed that the Taliban should be allowed to leave safely in accordance with their commitments to form an inclusive government. Respect human rights and the fight against terrorism

According to Washington Free Bacon, citing informed sources in Congress, the Biden administration intends to lift part of the sanctions against Bashar al-Assad for war crimes in order to make it possible to conclude a gas transfer agreement from Egypt to Lebanon through Syrian territory.