Syrian air defenses for the second time this week intercepted Israeli missiles aimed at targets south of the capital Damascus.

The US has imposed new sanctions targeting North Korea's weapons program, following Pyongyang's renewed ballistic missile launches.

Damascus rejects Turkey’s call to establish a so-called safe zone in the occupied northern part of Syria as an “aggressive, colonial act.”

Iran's deputy permanent representative to the UN says slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was another victim to the international community’s inaction towards the Israeli regime’s crimes against Palestinians.

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has censured the Western countries for continuing their unilateral sanctions against Syria, which he asserts have taken a heavy toll on people in the Arab country.

The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces.

The United States of has shown, time and again, over many decades, that it has no compunction about taking unlawful, unilateral measures to get what it wants, as evinced by its harsh sanctions policy against many nations.