Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people.

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon's rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state October.

Lebanon's economic meltdown threatens to undermine its military, a force that Lebanese have long considered an anchor for stability.

Syrian state media say the country has received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates with food items and medical aid yo help the war-torn country fight against the spread of the coronavirus.