Informed resources in Damascus said that the American school in Damascus has received notification regarding teachers who hold American citizenship to leave Syria within 48 hours. The closing of the school in Damascus is in response to the U.S. raid carried out by U.S. forces on the twenty-sixth of last month, along with the Syrian Government's decision to close the American cultural center.
... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who represents an authority that is playing a role in Trump's Gaza peace plan, has been denied a New York visa.
The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.