A Russian military Il-20 plane carrying 14 service members disappeared from radars on Monday night as four Israeli jet fighters were attacking state institutions in Syria’s Latakia.

Syria says its air defense system has shot down several missiles fired from the sea, targeting state technical industry institutions in Latakia on Monday night.

The leaders of Turkey and Russia say they have agreed to create a demilitarized buffer zone to separate Syrian government troops from Takfiri militant groups in the northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara seeks to prevent a full-scale operation by the Damascus government against thousands of terrorists in the militant-held region.

US Democrats are introducing an initiative aimed at ending US President Donald Trump’s military support for the Saudi aggression on Yemen.

Iran has received new proposals from Europe that would potentially meet its demand for practical guarantees for continued trade and keep Iran in a nuclear deal with five world powers, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, amid attempts by the United States to derail that agreement.

Russia has described emerging US sanctions against Iran as ‘unproductive’ with the country’s top energy official warning that there would be consequences for the world should Iran’s oil supplies to global markets are halted due to the sanctions.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the United States' withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic will have serious negative effects on the regional and international peace and security.

South Korea says it is still negotiating with the US to obtain waivers from sanctions that ban purchases of oil from Iran.

Turkey is reportedly looking into a plan to establish a join bank with Iran to help both countries trade in local currencies as US pressures to restrict their access to the dollar are already mounting.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has reaffirmed that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear agreement reached between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has censured his successor Benjamin Netanyahu for passing corrupt legislation, comparing him to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who was overthrown and killed in 1989.