Israeli buyers have bought ~3,900–4,000 properties in southern Cyprus (2021–2025), mostly in Larnaca, Limassol, and Paphos, and Hebrew-language real estate ads are visible in tourist zones.

They’re the top-tier foreign buyer group.

Hebrew-language political billboard for Israeli politician Gadi Eisenkot near Zygi drew attention from MEP Fidias Panayiotou, who framed it as a sovereignty issue.

The previous regime marginalized the eastern region, despite its immense human, oil, and agricultural wealth.

The road connecting Damascus and Deir ez-Zor is a single-lane road, just one track.

We have conducted studies over the past year, completed them, and have begun accepting bids to build a new road that will connect Damascus to Deir ez-Zor.

Mediations from regional countries such as Saudi Arabia and Türkiye were launched. President Trump was convinced and lifted the sanctions, but there is a series of sanctions, such as Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979.

This is a very old designation, and without its removal, we will not benefit significantly from lifting a ban in the Caesar Law.

Therefore, Syria must be cleared of all the laws that restrict it.

This is the path that President Trump, thankfully, took.

Lebanon is always faced with two options: either an Israeli occupation or a civil war.

So, we are trying to discuss with the Lebanese government a set of solutions that could lead Lebanon to safety and for Lebanon to benefit from the current Syrian renaissance and the interest in Syria, by being part of this comprehensive reform happening in the region.

Israel has ambitions in the region, and we are not oblivious to this aspect.

We are trying, by reaching a security agreement involving a large group of countries, to pressure Israel into adopting a balanced policy towards Syria, and so on.

It is not in Syria’s interest to enter into futile conflicts. We do not want to be an extension of a historical legacy that contains many political mistakes over the past 80 years until today, and to work in the same style and way, and repeat the same experiences and get the same failed results.

“Look what we’ve done here. I almost cried… How long have we been pushing this?” Graham says after U.S. strikes begin.

Graham also says Trump told him the strikes were the “best thing I have ever done” and that he “loves blowing stuff up.”

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When Holder asked if he was OK, Graham said he had no time to sleep because he still needed to topple Iran's regime, help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, and normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel by the end of the year.

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Graham said he battled "a lot of people inside" who opposed U.S. involvement and lamented that few administration officials were publicly making the case for the conflict.

"Very few people are out selling this war from the administration. I'm shocked," Graham said.

Holder said Graham also became frustrated with Trump after the president signed a preliminary deal with Iran in June.

In their final interview, conducted at a bagel shop in Columbia, South Carolina, just weeks before Graham's death, the senator said Trump was becoming too hesitant.

"He's letting this thing slip away," Graham said. "I got to go talk to him."

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Before the trip, however, Netanyahu advised against expanding the conflict.

"We're concentrating right now on Iran," Netanyahu told Graham, warning that attacking Hezbollah could provoke a broader regional war.

Graham agreed, replying, "That's actually good counsel."