Middle East crisis live: hopes for Israel-Gaza ceasefire deal rise as officials express cautious optimism

Israeli negotiating team in Qatar; Hamas, US and Arab officials all suggesting deal may be within reach

The first flight since the ouster of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has taken off on from Damascus airport to Aleppo in the country’s north, AFP journalists at the scene are reporting.

Forty-three people, including journalists, were on board the Syrian Air Airbus plane.

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