Turkish protesters have rallied in the capital, Ankara, to protest against the deployment of NATO Patriot missiles along their country's border with Syria.
The Syrian army has pounded militant positions in several areas in Damascus province as part of its campaign against foreign-backed militants operating in the country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned the deadly hostage-taking incident by a group of fighters in a natural gas facility in eastern Algeria.
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase security cooperation between the two countries.
Twelve bodies being held at a morgue in Algeria's In Amenas hospital, where victims of a bloody hostage crisis were taken, are Japanese, a hospital source said on Sunday.
A senior Lebanese politician says the US-engineered economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear energy program have proven to be futile.
A senior Iranian official has warned against efforts to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, describing his fate as a “red line” for the Islamic Republic.
Iran is working to open an embassy in Myanmar, says a spokesman for Iran’s Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy.
Some 2,000 protesters including youths and leftists have held a sit-in the Jordanian capital, rejecting as "cosmetic" a general election due to be staged next week.
Algerian special forces have successfully managed to free 650 hostages from rebels at a remote gas plant near the Libyan border, but some 60 foreigners are still missing, local media reported.