The Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey stressed in a final statement issued at the end of the high-profile Sochi summit on Syria on Thursday that the United States' possible retreat from Syria would help strengthen stability and security in the war-torn country.

The members of the United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack on a bus in Iran’s Southeastern Province of Sistan and Baluchistan which claimed the lives of 27 and injured 13 personnel of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Israel has refused to allow the UN Security Council (UNSC) to visit the occupied West Bank for a close-up look at the situation on the ground after Tel Aviv decided to expel an international observer mission tasked with safeguarding Palestinians in the flashpoint city of al-Khalil (Hebron).

A number of intelligence officers of the French army were killed in a bomb blast at their headquarters in the city of Raqqa amid heightened tensions in the US-controlled areas.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill that would require President Donald Trump to withdraw US military support from the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen.

A number of Israeli and international companies are facing the risk of being included on a United Nations blacklist for doing business in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to a report.

The Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Youth for Human Rights blasted the brutal beheading of a six-year-old Saudi boy in Medina, urging the world activists to reveal the real face of Wahhabi criminals to prevent repetition of such crimes.

A senior Iraqi legislator underlined that his country has not signed any agreement with Washington which includes contents to justify the US military presence in Iraq.