A prominent Bahraini human rights advocate has reportedly gone on hunger strike in protest against the torture and ill-treatment she has endured as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners.
Iran counters US efforts to force the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to turn its attention away from Israel, and instead target the Islamic Republic.
The Palestinian Authority’s head of detainees' affairs says that the death of any hunger-striking prisoner may lead to a “new Intifada”.
Hezbollah condemned the assault of the Bahraini regime authorities against the house of the religious reference Sheikh Issa Qassem in Diraz in Bahrain.
Kurdish Peshmarga fighters continued their push against the ISIL Takfiri group in Nineveh province, and managed to liberate two areas from the control of the terrorists.