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• Jordan will host a summit on Syria over the weekend with foreign ministers from Western and Arab nations. Diplomats will discuss ways to support a smooth transitional process “led by Syrians,” the foreign ministry said.

• The UN chief said he is deeply concerned about “violations of Syria’s sovereignty” after Israel launched hundreds of strikes and deployed ground troops in the country. The top US diplomat said Israel had made clear its stated purpose of trying to prevent arms from falling into “the wrong hands.