Iran offers to solve Lebanon’s electricity shortage

• Iran had previously supplied fuel to Lebanon via Syria last year, in response to a request from Hezbollah
• Lebanon has been facing severe electricity crisis, with frequent power outages affecting households and businesses

Iraq president seeks to deepen partnership on his visit to Iran

• The two presidents will hold talks on trade, climate change, security, stability at the Saadabad Cultural and Historical Complex
• The Iraqi president has maintained that the two neighbors can contribute to strengthening of security and stability in the region

Turkish president, UN chief discuss grain deal over phone, Sudan situation

Iranian president Raisi to visit Syria ‘in the near future’

• The planned visit comes in the context of "multidimensional" cooperation between Tehran and Damascus
• Iran is a major ally of President Bashar al-Assad and has given financial and military support to his regime

European probe officials to question Lebanon central bank audit firms

• Visiting European investigators plan to question officials from the Lebanon offices of Deloitte, Ernst and Young, and a local firm.
• The European investigators arrived in Beirut this week on their third trip to Lebanon in connection with the probe.

Uzbekistan, IsDB ink pacts worth US$396.7m for infrastructure, education

• Under the agreement, IsDB will provide US$260 million in financing for the Integrated Rural Development Project.
• The project will empower local communities, improve their access to quality and resilient infrastructure.

UAE to take part in meeting with Arab finance ministers, experts

• UAE will participate in the 52nd annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
• UAE will also take part in the 47th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Arab Bank for the Economic Development in Africa.

US slaps fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran for ‘hostage-taking’

• The sanctions came a month after Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, charging him with spying
• At least three US citizens are being held in Iranian prisons, including businessman Siamak Namazi, held in Tehran's Evin prison since 2015

‘Shots fired’ at vessel in waters south of Yemen, says British navy body

• Shots were fired at the unidentified vessel in the Gulf of Aden, said UKMTO, which provides security alerts for the shipping trade
• UKMTO report comes a day after Iran seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, another waterway bordering the Arabian Peninsula

NATO secretary general calls Jordan king, reaffirms strategic partnership

• They discussed “the deep-rooted cooperation and strategic partnership,” in military, training, and defence areas
• Earlier this month, Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh met a delegation from the Republican Party of the US Congress