AMMAN/DAMASCUS -- Jordanian air force carried out airstrikes against militant sites in southern Syria on Monday, the Jordanian Armed Forces said, while Syria's state media reported five people were killed in the airstrikes.
The operation was launched in retaliation for a deadly attack on a church in Karak governorate in southern Jordan on Friday and was coordinated with Syrian authorities, the Jordanian forces said in a statement. (Syria-Jordan-Airstrikes)
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TEHRAN -- Senior officials from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye met in Tehran on Monday and agreed to continue talks to strengthen cooperation on promoting peace and security in the region.
The meeting, the first of its kind among the four countries, was hosted by Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei, and attended by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, and Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalin, a statement issued after the meeting said. (Iran-Quadrilateral Meeting-Regional Peace)
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CAIRO -- Egypt's parliament on Monday approved authorizing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to take measures to support Saudi Arabia, according to a statement by the parliament's general secretariat.
The parliament approved the authorization by a two-thirds majority during a plenary session, the statement said. (Egypt-Saudi Arabia-Authorization)
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ALGIERS -- Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, also supreme commander of the armed forces, on Monday decided to send Algerian forces to Niger to protect the two countries' shared energy and economic interests, a statement from the Algerian presidency said.
The statement said the decision was made at the request of the Nigerien authorities and in accordance with the Algerian Constitution, without providing details on the deployment. (Algeria-Niger-Troops Deployment) ■
