Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to try to end Syria's civil war.
Bahraini regime forces have attacked the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ghasem, the Leader of Shia Muslims in Bahrain, and caused some damages to his house.
US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Thursday that Bashar al-Assad must still leave the government.
A bomber has attacked a Shia mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing 12 people, a senior police officer says.
At least six US-led soldiers along with nine people have been killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
A top American military officer has travelled to Iraq for talks on defense cooperation and security issues including Syria unrest.
Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Seyyed Mohammad-Reza Mir-Tajeddini has met with Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut to discuss bilateral ties as well as the crisis in Syria.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has blamed "sectarian hatred" for a surge of violence in Iraq, after bombings killed dozens of people and wounded more than 80 others in the country.
Israeli regime closes al-Aqsa mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors, after its recent aggressions on Palestinians in the mosque caused widespread outrage in the Arab world.
A large number of terrorists have been killed in operations carried out by Syrian army in key fighting zones across the country, Alalam reports.