Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has severed Egypt’s relations with Syria over the conflict in the country.
Police in the western Turkish city of Istanbul have attacked anti-government protesters camped out in the city’s Gezi park.
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has criticized Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, calling the move a “violation of international law.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has questioned the reliability of the evidence put forth by the United States on the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian forces against foreign-sponsored militants.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov says foreign special services are trying to recruit young people from Chechnya to fight with militants against Syria.
The Obama administration is preparing to impose a no-fly zone inside Syria along with sending weapons to the militants, despite Americans’ overwhelming opposition to any US intervention in the conflict.
The holy shrine of Hazrat Sakina in Syria’s Dariya has been severely damaged following clashes between the foreign-backed militants and the Syrian army, al-Alam reports.
Thousands of protesters have poured to the streets in the Jordanian capital Amman after Friday prayers to demand economic and political reforms in the Arab country.
An adviser to Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi says Egyptians are free to join the foreign-backed Takfiri militants fighting against the government in Syria.
Media reports say Turkey, a NATO member, is likely to be the transit destination for US-supplied lethal weapons to foreign-backed militants fighting the Syrian government.