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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington to discuss bilateral economic and financial relations, Lebanon's banking and financial reforms, negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and cooperation with the World Bank. Salam presented government measures addressing the financial crisis and rebuilding the banking sector and requested U.S. support for economic recovery. The discussions also covered transparency, compliance, the cash economy, anti-money-laundering measures and efforts against terrorist financing.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, during discussions that included a British military delegation, stressed the importance of avoiding non-renewal of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. He argued that any force assisting the Lebanese Army following an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory should operate under a United Nations umbrella and flag. The discussions came amid wider Lebanese diplomatic efforts concerning southern Lebanon, Israeli military activity and support for the Lebanese Army.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood and Josh Gottheimer and called for U.S. pressure on Israel regarding agreements governing southern Lebanon. Aoun said Lebanon remained committed to the framework agreement while Israel was not complying, and called for Israeli withdrawal, resolution of disputed Blue Line points, return of Lebanese prisoners and deployment of the Lebanese Army toward the internationally recognized southern border. Berri separately raised continuing Israeli operations and implementation of the ceasefire arrangements.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations disputed reports that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the Iranian delegation to leave New York. The mission said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s delegation departed Monday evening according to a schedule communicated to the U.S. State Department on September 17. Axios, citing a U.S. official and another informed source, reported instead that Rubio ordered the delegation to leave immediately after negotiations between Washington and Tehran reached an impasse.

The Israeli military announced the completion of a large-scale operation in Mansouri, in Lebanon’s Tyre district, saying it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure. According to the Israeli military, forces from the 55th Brigade, operating under the 91st Division with the Yahalom unit, destroyed more than 600 sites classified as Hezbollah infrastructure, eight underground routes, and found dozens of launch positions. The operation followed evacuation orders and involved extensive demolitions and strikes in the area, according to the report.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian reporters in New York on Monday that Iran had conveyed a seven-point plan on conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to the United States through Qatari mediators. He said he met a Qatari mediator again that day and expected an official US reply, possibly Tuesday. He strongly denied reports of Iranian flexibility on its nuclear file, saying current talks concern only Hormuz. His remarks were carried by IRNA, via CNN Arabic.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday. Fidan conveyed greetings from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while Mohamed bin Zayed sent reciprocal greetings. The two officials discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to strengthen joint work in areas serving their countries’ shared interests. Their talks also addressed regional developments, efforts to strengthen security and stability in the Middle East, and initiatives aimed at advancing a sustainable peace process in the region.

Dozens of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through the Moroccan Gate on Monday under heavy Israeli police protection, according to the supplied report. The article said Israeli authorities simultaneously tightened security measures around Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem’s Old City and imposed restrictions affecting worshippers’ entry and movement. The incident followed another large entry the previous day involving approximately 1,500 settlers and rabbis, according to the Palestinian WAFA news agency as cited by the article.

Israeli military commanders reinforced forces in the West Bank amid concerns that escalating settler attacks could trigger Palestinian retaliation, according to the supplied report citing Israeli security officials. The article linked the reinforcement to deteriorating security conditions and recent violence around Ramallah, including two attacks in which a settler was killed and an Israeli soldier seriously wounded. The source describes the reinforcement as occurring in recent days but does not provide a sufficiently precise date or deployment location for a more exact event record.

Israeli settlers carried out several attacks in communities around Ramallah early Monday, according to the supplied report. Vehicles were burned and graffiti was written during an attack on a house in Deir Abu Mashal, while a tractor was set on fire in Ras Karkar. Palestinians also confronted an attempted settler entry into a house near Sinjil, and settlers were reported to have stolen olives from Sinjil, Turmus Ayya and Umm Safa. Israeli authorities said incidents were being investigated, but the article reported no announced arrests.

An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that preparations were underway to create security conditions for future movement along Route 463 in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh area. Israeli settler organizations have advocated reopening the route, which runs for roughly ten kilometers between areas near Al-Bireh and Jalazone in the east and Ein Qiniya in the west. Haaretz reported that reopening it could require new military positions and checkpoints. Yesha Council head Yisrael Gantz was also reported as saying a decision to open the road had already been taken.

Iranian officials said an aircraft traveling toward Dushanbe, Tajikistan, was forced to turn back after Turkmenistan refused permission for it to cross Turkmen airspace. The incident reportedly occurred during the previous week amid broader disruption affecting Iranian aviation following tighter United States sanctions. The supplied article does not identify the airline, flight number or exact day of the incident. It therefore provides evidence of the airspace denial but does not support assigning a precise event date or exact geographic coordinates.