Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun ended the presidential vacancy crisis by arriving at Baabda Palace after being elected President of the Republic in a historic session held on Thursday, thus turning the page on a political crisis that lasted two years and three months.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has acquiesced to a decision by the opposition-controlled parliament and declared an end to martial law in the country.

Maariv newspaper revealed a surprise in a report by its military correspondent, Avi Ashkenazi, in which he said that the Israeli army might target the Lebanese parliament building in Beirut as part of the options in the war on Lebanon, in order to declare “victory” and return the residents of the north to their homes.

On Thursday evening, MP Abdul Bari Daghish, a member of the House of Representatives, died in mysterious circumstances in the capital, Sana'a.

The preliminary results of the vote counting process in the Jordanian parliamentary elections, which took place yesterday, Tuesday, revealed a remarkable advance for the Islamic opposition, as the candidates of the Islamic Action Front Party obtained 32 seats so far.

A Yemeni parliamentarian confirmed that the presidency of the House of Representatives did not respond to the letter of 60 parliamentarians to hold an urgent meeting, despite the passage of a month since it was sent.