Jihadi terrorist group Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news agency. Egyptian officials say fatalities were civilian workers building a fence near the northern Sinai city's airport.
Mixing Islamist chants with anti-Western rhetoric, angry protesters shout, "No to normalization with Israel. … Down, down with the Bahrain conference."
Announcement comes as some global airlines reroute flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman after the US aviation regulator barred its carriers from the area until further notice.
Despite receiving $6 billion in foreign aid, many Lebanese complain Syrian refugees have overwhelmed schools and infrastructure, driven up rents and forced locals to compete with cheap Syrian labor.
Latest deployment of 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, which was announced on Monday, will include a Patriot missile battalion, manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft and “other deterrence capabilities,” Pentagon says.
US Central Command spokesman: "There was no drone over Iranian territory." Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps identifies the drone as an RQ-4 Global Hawk. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fire missile at power plant in Saudi Arabia.
Moscow, which supports Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Ankara, long a backer of rebels, co-sponsored a de-escalation pact in northwest Syria, but the deal has faltered. “I am deeply concerned about the escalation in Idlib, and the situation is especially dangerous given the involvement of an increased number of actors,” Guterres says.
As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stresses that the US is not seeking war with Iran, commander of the Revolutionary Guards tells Iranian state TV that "ballistic missile technology has changed the balance of power in the Middle East."
Government portal aimed for prospective Palestinian immigrants taken down following a barrage of complaints. The site wrote "Palestine" where Israel should have been, accusing Israel of “massive repression of Palestinians."
"We do not wage war with any nation," Rouhani said, speaking during the inauguration of a new terminal at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport.
