Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.

People gathered on top of a hill watching the smoke in Tehran on Friday. Israel has been attacking the city for days.

Diplomatic meetings this week in Saudi Arabia represent a remarkable turnabout for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, shown in 2018.

Syrian antigovernment fighters pouring into the city of Hama on Friday.

Hezbollah said it had fired 100 rockets at military targets over the border with Israel as part of an “initial response” to the drone strike that killed a top commander.

An Iranian flag at Bushehr nuclear power plant. “We are back to square one,” a French diplomat said of efforts to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

The funeral of a victim of Wednesday’s terrorist bombing in Kerman, on Friday in Tehran.