Ankara: Syria's Sharaa to Visit Türkiye on Tuesday

02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
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Ankara: Syria's Sharaa to Visit Türkiye on Tuesday

02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa
02 February 2025, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud. Photo: -/Saudi Press Agency/dpa

Syria's newly appointed transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, will visit Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Presidency said on Monday.
Erdogan and al-Sharaa will discuss the latest developments in Syria, as well as possible joint measures to rebuild the country's economy and achieve lasting stability and security, the presidency's communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said on X.
Altun added the two will also discuss the support Türkiye could provide Syria's transitional government and its people on multilateral platforms.

Al-Sharaa, along with his delegation, concluded his visit to Riyadh on Monday.
He was seen off at King Khalid International Airport by Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and several other officials.

During his visit to Riyadh, he met with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman.



Hezbollah Hints It Won’t Disarm If Israel Still Occupies Southern Lebanon

A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. (AFP)
A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Hezbollah Hints It Won’t Disarm If Israel Still Occupies Southern Lebanon

A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. (AFP)
A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. (AFP)

A senior Hezbollah official has hinted that the Lebanese group will not lay down its weapons as long as Israel is occupying parts of the country.

Mohammed Daamoush made his comments in Beirut during a sermon for Friday prayers adding that Israel’s occupation of five strategic hilltops and what he said were daily violations of a ceasefire aim to pressure Lebanon to normalize relations with Israel.

Daamoush said the state now controls the border with Israel and Lebanon's new government is backed by the international community and has weapons, so “what have you done to face daily Israeli violations and aggression?”

He called on authorities to convince the public about why weapons should only be held by the state, adding: “When there is occupation and a continuing aggression weapons should be in the hands of men and everyone should repel this occupation.”