Azerbaijan said Thursday that it had wrapped up peace talks with Armenia aimed to resolve the Caucasus neighbors' decades-long conflict, with the sides agreeing on the text of a possible treaty.

"The negotiation process on the text of the peace agreement with Armenia has been concluded," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told reporters, adding that "Armenia has accepted Azerbaijan's proposals on the two previously unresolved articles of the peace treaty."

Egypt, Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization welcomed on Thursday remarks from US President Donald Trump after he said "nobody's expelling any Palestinians" from the Gaza Strip.

It was not immediately clear whether Trump's remarks signaled backtracking from his proposed plan to take over the Palestinian territory, displacing its population to neighboring countries.

Top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday that any Ukraine peace settlement must secure Russia's "interests", and that President Vladimir Putin would probably give his opinion on a 30-day U.S. ceasefire proposal later.

"That is what we are striving for. A peaceful settlement that takes into account the legitimate interests of our country," Ushakov said. "The President will probably make more specific and substantive assessments."

The Lebanese army said it received on Thursday a soldier taken by Israel last weekend, after Israel handed over four other detainees earlier this week.

"The army through the International Committee of the Red Cross received (on Thursday) the soldier who was kidnapped by the Israeli enemy" on Sunday, the army said on X, adding that he had been transported to a hospital for treatment.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Wednesday that U.S. military aid deliveries to neighboring Ukraine through Poland have resumed to previous levels following U.S.-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.

Last week, Washington halted military assistance to war-torn Ukraine after a public clash in the White House between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

For several days, Syria's Mediterranean coast has been gripped by extreme violence that has seen mass killings mainly targeting members of the Alawite minority.

Authorities have not provided a toll, but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor put the number of dead at 1,225 civilians, mostly Alawites. Human Rights Watch said "hundreds" were killed.

The Kremlin said Wednesday it was waiting for the U.S. to inform it about the details of a proposed ceasefire in Ukraine that Kyiv agreed to after talks in Saudi Arabia.

"We assume that Secretary of State (Marco) Rubio and Advisor (Michael) Walz through various channels in the coming days will inform us on the negotiations that took place and the understandings reached," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding Moscow did not rule out a "high-level" phone call with the US.

Iran confirmed Wednesday it will hold talks this week with China and Russia on its nuclear program, after Beijing announced it would host the meeting.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement the three-way talks on Friday would focus on "developments related to the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions".

Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday an Arab country will soon deliver it a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called for striking a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.

"The letter has not reached us yet but an envoy from an Arab country is set to deliver it soon in Tehran," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Russia has taken back control of five villages previously occupied by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, its defense ministry said Wednesday.

The ministry said its army units had "liberated the settlements of Kazachya Loknya, 1st Knyazhy, 2nd Knyazhy, Zamostye and Mirny" in the Kursk region.