Sunni Muslim coalition, which has been battling the Iran-aligned Houthis for over four years in Yemen, says airstrikes destroyed a site storing drones and missiles in southwest Yemen. Head of Houthis' national committee for prisoner affairs says many of those held were due to be released in a local deal to exchange prisoners of war.
Turkish president says Washington has three weeks to satisfy Ankara's demands on establishment of safe zone along Syrian-Turkish border, including that Turkish troops control the corridor.
US Central Command says operation targeted al-Qaida leadership facility for "attacks responsible for threatening US citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians." Facility's removal will further degrade terrorist group's ability to conduct future attacks and destabilize the region, CENTCOM chief of media operations says.
Human rights activists in Gaza believe around 30,000 of Gaza’s population of 2 million have tried to leave the territory in the past decade, with a surge in numbers after the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.
The Wall Street Journal reports on possible major shift in US policy toward Houthi insurgency in Yemen, potentially creating path to major thaw in relations with Iran. Yemeni civil war erupted more than four years ago.
More than 50 members of rebel and government forces killed in recent fighting in Hama and Idlib provinces.
"While we reserve the right to respond to these Zionist attacks, we hold the international coalition, particularly the United States, fully responsible for this aggression, which we consider a declaration of war on Iraq and its people," powerful Iraqi political bloc says. The Fatah Alliance is a parliament bloc representing Iran-backed paramilitary militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ján Kubiš on "Israeli assault" on Beirut follow Sunday's drone crash.
"We held this party so people can know that Iraq has this kind of culture, and has these kinds of people who love life and music," says film director and founder of Riot Gear events company Arshad Haybat.
ISIS affiliate claims bombing at wedding that killed 63 and wounded almost 200 late Saturday night. Meanwhile, on Monday, at least 66 people were reported wounded in a series of explosions in city of Jalalabad.
