Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has said that his country’s crisis can come to an end within weeks if the US-led allies in Europe and the region halt their support for the foreign-backed insurgents fighting the government.
Zionist settlers in the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem) have attacked two teenage Palestinian girls, punching them in the face.
Bahraini demonstrators have waged yet another anti-regime protest rally in the nation’s eastern Sitra Island to declare solidarity with the mother of an activist killed by the regime’s Saudi-backed police force.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has called for a nuclear-free Middle East in his address to world leaders at the United Nations.
At least four people have been killed and dozens of others wounded as armed men stormed a security checkpoint in the Lebanese city of Baalbek.
Commander of the Iranian Navy says the naval forces of the Islamic Republic and Oman plan to hold a joint rescue and relief drill in Iran’s southern waters in March 2014.
Egypt has reopened Rafah crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip after a nine-day closure.
The Iranian Army’s Ground Force has unveiled a new indigenous combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), dubbed Yasir.
In separate blasts and gun attacks in Iraq, 11 people have been killed and at least 25 others wounded, officials say.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Tehran following a visit to New York, where he delivered a speech to the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly.