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It is the first publicly disclosed contact between the leaders of Israel and Syria, which lack formal relations and have fought several wars. Sharaa’s government began US-mediated talks with Israel in 2025.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received on Thursday a phone call from Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi
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US Treasury releases new Iran-related sanctions The Trump administration has issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting 16 individuals and 10 entities, according to a notice posted on the US Department of Treasury website on Thursday. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also announced it was issuing an "Iran-related General License" authorising the winding down of transactions involving Iraq's International Development Bank.
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JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel said commercial goods were no longer entering Gaza over what it said was a dispute over taxes between local merchants and Hamas, shutting off a vital source of food and other goods in the territory where the population is dependent on aid.COGAT, the Israeli military body that oversees humanitarian affairs in Gaza, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, citing what it said was a decision by Gazan merchants to stop coordinating with COGAT on the entry of commercial goods.
