Britain has suspended 49 military export licenses to Egypt as the North African country remains in turmoil with continuous clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian army.
Egyptian police have arrested Mohamed el-Beltagy, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the latest arrest amid group’s anti-government protests.
French President Francois Hollande sounds less resolute than earlier this week on attacking Syria, saying that everything must be done to seek a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.
A fifth US Navy destroyer is on its way to the eastern Mediterranean as international concerns grow over Washington and its allies' intentions to bomb Syria.
Egypt has expressed strong opposition to any foreign military action in Syria, calling for resumption of attempts to revive Geneva 2 talks.
The Syrian government has provided the United Nations evidence on three chemical attacks carried out by rebel groups on the outskirts of Damascus last week, asking for immediate investigations.
Worldwide opposition is growing to US planned attack on Syria which the Obama administration rushed for based on an alleged chemical attack that its dimensions remain doubtful for the international community.
Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says a military attack on Syria lacks political and humanitarian justification.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has promised that the Syrian nation will be the victorious party in possible Western-hatched war.
Russia "over the next few days" will be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday.