Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells a group of top defense officials and diplomats at the Munich Security Conference that the information provided to the US president has dissuaded Trump from accepting offers from other leaders to mediate between Washington and Tehran.
"Other weapons components seized aboard the dhow were of Iranian design and manufacture and included three Iranian surface-to-air missiles," CENTCOM says.
"Now we are changing the paradigm," defense minister says. "When the octopus tentacles hit you, you must fight back not just against the tentacles, but also make sure to suffocate the head of the octopus, and the same applies to Iran."
Egypt reportedly issues warning to Hamas against backing militia groups seeking to destabilize the region or joining Iran in any military escalation.
Trump's peace plan is to the detriment of America and Palestinians should confront the deal by forcing Israelis and Americans out through jihad, Khamenei says, according to his official website.
"We agreed to begin cooperation that will lead to normalization of relations between the two countries," Netanyahu tweets after meeting Sudanese leader.
"Death to America! Death to Israel! We will die and Palestine survive," chant some of the demonstrators.
A news outlet run by Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah, which fights in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, says the Syrian army had thwarted a “fierce attack” by the Nusra Front.
As Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists for the first time, i24NEWS correspondent Henrique Cymerman visits the kingdom and reports back on how it is changing.
Separately, Iraqi security forces shoot at anti-government protesters in Baghdad, killing at least one person, and unidentified men set fire to sit-in tents in a southern Iraqi city.
