BBC News, The Times, The Telegraph, Reuters, report that Turkey will not let Syria’s government gain more ground in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says. Mr Erdogan told reporters that Russian-backed pro-government forces were “driving innocent and grieving people in Idlib towards our borders”. The Guardian reports that Assad’s offensive in Syria’s last rebel enclave has caused some 520,000 people to be displaced from their homes, according to the UN’s OCHA body.

Reuters and The Jewish Chronicle reports that the head of Sudan’s ruling council on Tuesday cast doubt on any rapid normalisation of ties with Israel after meeting the Israeli prime minister in Uganda, saying that his country’s position on the Palestinian issue remains unchanged. The Associated Press reports that the surprise meeting between Sudan’s leader and Prime Minister Netanyahu stirred controversy in Khartoum on Tuesday, with the government saying it wasn’t notified ahead of time as critics lambasted the talks.

The Associated Press reports that Israel struck Hamas military targets in Gaza early on Wednesday in response to rocket fire toward Israeli communities overnight, the military said, the latest flare-up followed the release of the Trump administration’s Middle East plan.

The Jewish Chronicle reports that Labour’s Wes Streeting has called for the Government to “recognise an independent Palestinian state before there is no state left to recognise” during a House of Commons discussion of Donald Trump’s Middle East plan. Reuters reports that a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel proposal.

The Guardian reports that a former Obama administration official who has faced criticism from press freedom groups for her role as a senior adviser at NSO Group has stepped down from the Israeli spyware company.

The Times reports that Lebanon’s main English-language newspaper, The Daily Star, has ceased printing, in another sign of the country’s political and economic collapse.

Reuters reports that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the situation in Libya a “scandal”, despite his envoy citing a “genuine will” by rival military factions as they planned their first meeting to secure a lasting ceasefire. The Associated Press reports that Syrian militants affiliated with groups such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are currently being sent by Turkey to fight on behalf of the U.N.-supported government in Libya, according to two Libyan militia leaders.

BBC News reports that Iran’s top court has confirmed the death sentence for a man convicted of spying for the CIA.

In the Financial Times, David Gardner writes that that Russia and Turkey have ‘fallen out’ over the continued fighting in Idlib, demonstrating that although both are mistrustful of the US, the interests of Putin and Erdogan do not clearly align.

In The Independent, Borzou Daraghi, argues that Saudi Arabia’s troubling espionage techniques mirrors the Iranian regime it is allegedly fighting, as Danish authorities discovered alleged espionage for Saudi Arabia while vetting a computer network for possible hacking by the Iranian regime.

The Financial Times argues that tensions over Syria, Libya and natural gas have begun straining the alliance between Ankara and Moscow, who currently share “many serious strategic initiatives”.

The Israeli media report that three rockets were launched last night from Gaza and landed in open fields near the town of Netivot. Israeli aircraft hit Hamas military targets in southern Gaza in response, including a weapons manufacturing facility. According to reports at least 11 rockets have been fired at Israel in the last week, in addition to ongoing launches of balloons equipped with explosives.

All the Israeli media report that the Knesset House Committee voted 16-10 to grant immunity from prosecution to former minister Haim Katz (Likud) yesterday, despite the objections of Israel’s Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit. Katz has been indicted for fraud and breach of trust and Mandelblit attended the committee meeting and argued his case. In an interview on Kan Radio this morning Mandelblit said he was “deeply disappointed” in the decision. The immunity request will now be put to a vote in the full Knesset plenum, with campaign groups vowing to challenge an immunity vote in the Supreme Court.

All the Israel media report that the commander of the Hatzor Air Force base has been relieved of his command after torrential rains last month damaged eight F-16 fighter jets. The base commander had requested to be relieved of his duties and will be reassigned to a new post. The head of the squadron responsible for the planes as well as the maintenance squadron were reprimanded. Repairs to the jets, which are operational again, cost an estimated NIS 30 million.