Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, discussed promotion of ties and key international issues in a meeting on Monday.

Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine have voiced against taxing and land grab plans by Tel Aviv which target churches in Jerusalem al-Quds calling them as violation of international regulations.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has criticized Israel’s constant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty stressing that the country is prepared to defend itself if attacked by Tel Aviv.

Prosecutors in South Korea have demanded a 30-year jail term for former president Park Geun-hye over alleged bribery and abuse of power which toppled the former authority last year.

Russia has vetoed a UK-drafted UN resolution against Islamic Republic of Iran over allegations of supplying Yemen with weapons.

Bahrain top court has issued death sentence against Shia activist as al-Kalifa regime continues with its crackdown of the opposition figures.

Iraq has extended the ban on international flights to and from semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, some five months after the region held an independence referendum, senior official in Erbil reported on Monday.

Turkish army has gained full control of the outer borders of Afrin region and preparing for deployment of special forces for ‘new battle’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered daily five-hour ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta, Damascus suburbs, and also creation of a ‘humanitarian corridor’ to evacuate civilians from the militant-held area.

French President Emmanuel Macron says the UN resolution on Syria ceasefire includes Afrin region in the northwest calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to halt the offensive against Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hamas stressed announcement of the date for relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds is due to ‘complicity’ of the Arab nations in line with undermining the Palestinian cause.

40 years after the disappearance of prominent Lebanese Shia cleric, Imam Musa al-Sadr, his daughter says she strongly believes her father is alive and kept in jail.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has rejected the ‘bogus’ reports over an alleged chemical attack in militant-held areas in Eastern Ghouta.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has begun major shake-up of the defense establishment firing the military chief of staff and a host of other top commanders.