Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has tasked Prime Minister Hussein Arnous with forming a new government following last May’s presidential election.

Haiti's newly-appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his government plans to establish conditions for holding long-delayed elections as soon as possible, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month.

Businessman Najib Mikati, who is set to be Lebanon’s next prime minister, meets with President Michel Aoun.

Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati is reportedly set to be designated to form a new government in crisis-ridden Lebanon next week.

Haiti formally appoints Ariel Henry as its new prime minister following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise two weeks ago, which threw the already-troubled Caribbean country into further political chaos.

The European Union has already agreed to create a sanctions regime targeting officials in Lebanon.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett reportedly met with Jordan's King Abdullah in at his palace in the Jordanian capital city of Amman last week.

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has resigned, one week after he lost a vote of no-confidence.

President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi stresses the need for an end to foreign interference in regional affairs during a telephone conservation with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly refuses to leave the premier’s residence in the occupied city of al-Quds.