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Mark Savaya, the new US special envoy to Iraq, insisted on the importance of "a fully sovereign Iraq, free from malign external interference, including from Iran and its proxies".

While Lebanese authorities held indirect talks with Israel in the past, US envoy Tom Barrack told reporters in Bahrain on Saturday that his country was pushing for direct negotiations.

The United States envoy for Syria said on Saturday that Damascus's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to travel to Washington to sign an agreement to join an international US-led alliance against the Islamic State.

The United Nations envoy on Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has welcomed US efforts to solve the issue but raised concerns about lack of detail in Morocco's plan.

“Should Beirut continue to hesitate, Israel may act unilaterally—and the consequences would be grave,” Tom Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and a key American envoy for Lebanon and Syria, said in October.