Adam Lucente

Companies from China and India announced billions of dollars' worth of investments in the Saudi mining sector, while Canadian companies could win contracts in the kingdom.

Iran has repeatedly vowed to respond to the late October Israeli strikes on the country, and a senior official repeated the assertion following the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

The assault marks one of the biggest escalations in the Syrian civil war in years.

Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death earlier this year after releasing a song in support of the Mahsa Amini protests, though the ruling was overturned by the supreme court.

Rebel forces moved toward the central city of Hama after taking Aleppo, while the government sent reinforcements to the area.

Government and rebel forces had been fighting over the strategic city for days after the latter seized Aleppo.

President Bashar al-Assad left Syria shortly before rebel forces took the capital, Damascus, leaving various groups in control of different parts of the country.

Authorities in Syria, led by the Islamist rebel group, are calling for the dissolution of armed groups and are reportedly allowing alcohol to be served in Damascus as crime and economic issues persist.

Iran experienced a fourth day of closures on Wednesday due to power shortages, leading to public anger and coinciding with a historic drop in the value of its currency.

The influential member of the Lebanese Druze community warned against the influence of Israeli Druze leader Mowafaq Tarif and called for Syria to remain united after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.