Syrian state media said the country's air defenses had thwarted an attack last Thursday by "hostile targets" in the Kiswah area, without identifying them.

The 28 member states voted in favor of two resolutions, but warned that this was the last year it would do so.

“We cannot endorse a narrow politics of respectability that shames Palestinians for resisting, for refusing to do nothing in the face of state violence and ethnic cleansing.”

Hundreds of celebrants hailed the officers — guests of the Chabad of Roslyn — as heroes representing the triumph of the human spirit.

Analysts argue that the West, in general, needs to acknowledge that Hezbullah is the all-encompassing dominant force in the country

The meeting was arranged last week and that "developments in the region" would be discussed.

Nechirvan Barzani, who has served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, was nominated for President

The institutions viewed by the majority of the public as corrupt include the national government (72%), municipalities (69%) and the Knesset (66%).