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Syria has reinforced its border with Lebanon with rocket units and thousands of troops, eight Syrian and Lebanese sources said on Tuesday, as conflict spread in the region.

Canada's strained relationship with Iran goes back more than a decade, when a Conservative government under former prime minister Stephen Harper cut diplomatic ties with Tehran.

U.S. President Donald Trump had vowed to retaliate after an attack on U.S. personnel last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State member.

A senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detainees and directly threatened U.S. President Donald Trump, as the death toll from the protests rose.

Ottawa said it has also removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led a rebel takeover last year, from its list of terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.

Economic pressure, which has intensified since September when the United Nations reimposed sanctions, has sent Iran's rial currency into a free fall.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the designation of a group of Syrian rebels that previously categorized them as a foreign terrorist organization.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was designed to 'promote and support the country's path to stability and peace.'

Some Trump administration officials are pushing to lift or waive sanctions as fast as possible without demanding tough conditions first.

Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who last year led the overthrow of former leader Bashar Assad.

Iran "must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease pursuit of nuclear weapons," Trump said.

Hamas says Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire.

Israeli forces have taken over more than half of Gaza in a renewed campaign to pressure Hamas to release hostages after Israel ended their ceasefire last month.

A surge of deadly violence in Syria highlights the need to ensure 'darker forces' don't take over the struggling country and worsen conditions, Canada's new special envoy says.

Ongoing clashes between the two sides have marked the worst violence since Assad’s government was toppled in early December by insurgent groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group Canada has listed as a terrorist organization since 2013.

The former insurgents also threw out Syria’s constitution, adopted under Bashar Assad, saying a new charter would be drafted soon.

Qatari and Hamas officials say a ceasefire has been reached to pause Israel's military offensive in Gaza and release dozens of hostages.

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have entered Lebanon illegally on the night of Assad's fall earlier this month.

Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands thronged downtown or climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks vantage point.