The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.

NEW YORK — Syria’s leader warns that the Middle East will face a new round of tumult unless Israel reaches a security agreement with his transitional government that preserves sovereignty.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist whose forces swept out longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, is making a landmark visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

“We are not the ones creating problems for Israel. We are scared of Israel, not the other way around,” he tells an event of the Middle East Institute.

“There are multiple risks with Israel stalling on the negotiations and insisting on violating our airspace and incursions into our territory,” he says.

He rejects any talk of partitioning his country, as Israel makes incursions and says it is championing the interests of the Druze minority.

“Jordan is under pressure, and any talk of partitioning Syria will hurt Iraq, will hurt Turkey,” he says.

“That will take us all back to square one,” he says, noting that Syria has only just emerged from a decade-and-a-half of war.

In an earlier appearance, Sharaa played down prospects for a more historic agreement in which Syria would recognize Israel.

UNITED NATIONS — France’s President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Iranian counterpart at the UN Wednesday as efforts to avert the reimposition of deep sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program intensify.

“Either Iran makes a gesture and goes back to the path of peace and accountability that make it possible to get back on course… or sanctions will have to be imposed,” Macron says from the podium of the UN General Assembly. “I’ll have an occasion to meet with the president tomorrow (Wednesday) on each of these crucial issues.”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says a meeting on Gaza between US President Donald Trump and leaders of Muslim countries on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly was “very fruitful.”

NATO member Turkey has harshly criticized Israel’s attacks in Gaza against Hamas — which Erdogan is a leading backer of — and claimed they amount to genocide. It has halted all trade with Israel, urged international measures against it, and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Speaking to reporters in New York after the meeting, Erdogan says a joint declaration from the meeting will be published and that he is “pleased” with the outcomes of the meeting, but doesn’t elaborate.

US President Donald Trump meets leaders from the Arab and Muslim world on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City, repeatedly calling it his “most important meeting.”

Leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan are in attendance.

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