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CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria signed 12 investment deals worth $14 billion on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, including infrastructure, transportation and real estate projects aimed at reviving the war-damaged economy.

The agreements included a $4 billion deal for building a new airport in Damascus signed with Qatar’s UCC holding, and a $2 billion deal to establish a subway in the Syrian capital with the UAE’s national investment corporation.

Other major…

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah said on Wednesday the Lebanese government was committing a “grave sin” by tasking the army with establishing a state monopoly on arms, sharpening a national divide over calls for the Shi’ite Muslim group to disarm.

The cabinet on Tuesday authorised the Lebanese army to draw up a plan to confine arms across the country to six official security forces by year’s end – a major challenge to the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The move came after the U.S. and anti-Hezbollah…

Russia has lodged an official protest to Israel after Israeli settlers attacked a Russian diplomatic vehicle near the settlement of Givat Assaf near Jerusalem in the West Bank on 30 July, according to Reuters.

A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the attack was conducted “with the approval of Israeli military personnel, who did not attempt to intervene or prevent the attackers.”

The targeted vehicle was part of the Russian…