Iran congratulates the Syrian nation, government and army on the success of the Syrian military forces in recapturing the strategic Syrian town of al-Qusayr.
Venezuelan Housing Minister Ricardo Molina says Iran plans to construct a total of 3,456 housing units in Valencia City in the central Carabobo State.
Syria's army has taken full control of the strategic town of Qusayr near the Lebanese border after an offensive against foreign-backed militants that lasted almost three weeks.
Syrian troops advance toward the center of the strategic town of Qusayr near the border with Lebanon and chase foreign-backed militants from another key district on the edge of the capital, Damascus.
US government officials have confirmed that American citizens have joined the ranks of terrorists fighting against Syrian government forces.
Fresh violence has erupted in Turkey as protesters defied a government plea to end days of deadly unrest, the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decade-long rule.
Iran Foreign Ministry has summoned Qatar chargé d’affaires in Tehran following reports of the dismantlement of a terrorist network with links to the spy agency of an Arab state.
Israeli bulldozers have demolished four homes in Jordan Valley just north of Jericho that is supposed to be under full Palestinian control, the family and the city's Palestinian governor said.
Turkey's government says it has "learnt its lesson" and appealed for an end to mass street protests that have convulsed the country for days in the worst political crisis in a decade.
Two British soldiers have confessed to abusing Afghan civilians, including one child, during their presence as international forces in Afghanistan.