Democracy activists have urged the Persian Gulf Arab states to undertake wide-ranging political reforms, including the establishment of elected parliaments and constitutions and allowing political parties.
Syria’s army has eliminated members of the terrorist group of al-Qadimun in northern outskirts of western city of Homs in Syria.
A car bomb explosion has hit near a Hezbollah position in eastern Lebanon, causing a number of casualties, media reports say.
Fresh details have emerged about the twin suicide attacks against the Lebanese Army, as security sources said the perpetrators were likely linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria and Salafist preacher Ahmad al-Assir.
Qatar’s new Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Bin Hamad al-Marri has met with Hezbollah’s deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem in a first meeting with a senior party official, signaling an improvement in ties between the two sides strained by the war in Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged for implementing a ceasefire before the start of the second round of peace talks in Geneva.
Russia has slammed the US for ignoring Moscow's appeals for proof of accusations that Syrian government was involved in chemical weapons attacks in the Arab country.
The Syrian Army troops continue their mop-up operations to clear foreign-backed insurgents from different areas across the country, army sources said.
The Lebanese army announced a state of alert across Sidon on Monday, a day after two attacks upon checkpoints in the southern city left a soldier and four assailants dead.
At least 75 people have left Swede to fight in Syria since mid-2012, more than doubling an estimate from earlier this year, Sweden's security police, SAPO, says.