Israel conducts two military operations over the Mediterranean, Yair Lapid takes office as Israeli prime minister, a series of earthquakes rocks southern Iran, Kurdish Peshmerga pushes back Iraqi army incursion near disputed gas field.
A major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills hundreds, a major political shakeup in Iraq’s parliament, anti-Israel parties reconcile in Syria, Turkey assassinates Kurdish politician in Iraqi Kurdistan.
American and French diplomats kick-started a stalled peace initiative between rival Kurdish factions in Northeast Syria this month in an effort to bridge the divide
