"Hezbollah’s goal is the destruction of Israel and the Jews, and we should not be offering a safe haven for them to hide in Germany and finance their armed struggle in Lebanon against Israel from our territory," senior AfD MP Beatrix von Storch says.

Brig. Gen. Jamal al-Ahmad was gunned down by unknown assailants in the Sweida area in southwest Syria. Al-Ahmad was among a group of Syrian officers tasked with maintaining ties with Hezbollah and its Golan Heights commander.

Former Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi "blesses" process of supplying the Palestinians with upgraded weapons, says Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei predicts "Zionist regime will disappear."

The Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when devout Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.

"The IMF has been invited to the meeting and expects to attend, along with other international financial institutions," a representative says. Trump administration's "Peace to Prosperity" conference to take place June 25-26 in Bahrain, despite Palestinian boycott.