Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani to visit Türkiye Thursday for talks with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on stability and security in Syria and regional developments.

PalestinianAbbas to visit Ankara Tuesday for meetings with Erdogan on Gaza ceasefire and West Bank, per state media. Trip follows Netanyahu's rejection of the U.S.-backed 15-point Gaza plan.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in Ankara on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to Türkiye, where he is expected to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and brief him on the situation in Gaza, settler attacks in the West Bank, and Israeli settlement expansion, according to the official Voice of Palestine radio. The visit comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday formally rejected the U.S.-backed 15-point plan for ending the Gaza conflict, insisting Israel will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed. Separately, Israeli forces closed the Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah as a military zone and arrested 13 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank.

Pakistan says the US and Iran are close to 'some arrangement on peace,' per Bloomberg. The statement, reported Tuesday, signals potential diplomatic progress between Washington and Tehran amid long-running nuclear tensions.

Pakistan said on Tuesday that the United States and Iran are close to 'some arrangement on peace,' according to a Bloomberg report carried by Xinhua.

China urges PIF Secretariat to abide by one-China principle and 'properly handle' Taiwan's attendance at Aug 30-Sept 4 leaders meeting in Palau, spokesperson Guo Jiakun says

China's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun urged the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum on Tuesday to abide by the one-China principle and properly handle Taiwan-related issues ahead of the forum's annual leaders meeting scheduled in Palau from August 30 to September 4.

Iran condemned Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei calling the U.S. an 'accomplice' in Israeli actions and pledging solidarity with Lebanon.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Tuesday condemned recent Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed and wounded civilians and damaged infrastructure and homes, calling the U.S. an accomplice in Israeli actions across Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territories and West Asia, and expressing Iran's full solidarity with Lebanon's sovereignty.