Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will continue to supply the Syrian government with military assistance.
A senior Iranian military commander says there is no need for the involvement of Iranian armed forces in Iraq’s ongoing battle against ISIL terrorists operating in the Arab state.
The United States will continue providing Israel with military aid after a current package worth some $3 billion a year expires in 2017, and the grants are unlikely to wane despite Washington belt-tightening, two US senators say.
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has come under fire for accepting a 3-billion-dollar military aid from Saudi Arabia.
The United States has suspended a large part of its military and other cash aid to Egypt, the State Department said.
France, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan have agreed to strengthen foreign-backed militants in Syria, Paris says.
Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi says it would be a mistake if the United States cut off military aid but insisted Cairo could survive without it.
Israeli regime has urged Washington not to freeze its annual $1.3 billion in aid to Cairo following the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi by the military.
The United States is set to give foreign-backed terror groups fighting the popular government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad up to $130 million in military supplies, officials said.