Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has said that Syria is ready to support initiatives that could lead to the establishment of a unity government in the war-torn country.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says that the mandate of the national unity government, established in June, with the rival Fattah group will expire this week.
Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said on Friday that all sides agreed on the need to form a "proper" government in Baghdad and repeated his call on compatriots to fight so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
The news website BuzzFeed reports that the United States held secret talks with Hamas for the past six months to discuss maintenance of the Palestinian resistance movement’s cease-fire with Israel and the formation of the recently announced Palestinian unity government.
A negotiator expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah.
Two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas have announced that they have set a three-month timetable to form a unity government and hold elections.