Head Ahrar al-Sham, once one of the strongest militias in the Syrian civil war, has urged fellow insurgents to fight on after a blast wiped out its senior leadership.

Representative of Lebanese Shi'ite group downplays threat posed on his country by Sunni extremist militants.

Before session was closed to media coverage PA president recalled that attempts to achieve reconciliation between his Fatah faction and Hamas had failed over the years.

Attendees discuss measures Israel can take to prevent the possibility of the establishment of Islamic State cells in the Jewish state.

National address on eve of 9/11 will outline plan for military action, aid for US-backed opposition forces in Syria fighting Islamic State.

Five European member states have lodged a complaint to express their disapproval of Israel's government recent decision to appropriate land near the Gush Etzion bloc.

John Gatt Rutter visits Gaza, says the feeling in Gaza is that conditions have not changed since before Operation Protective Edge, and if anything, have gotten worse.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri says invitations to conference in Cairo to be extended soon.

Abbas reportedly rejected plan that would expand Gaza to five times its current size and give PA autonomy in West Bank cities; Yesh Atid's Peri, Bayit Yehudi's Shaked say proposal worth exploring.

Israel hopes that the appointment last week by EU leaders of Italian Federica Mogherini as the new European Union foreign policy chief will open a ''new chapter'' in the EU-Israel relations although they are still reserved because the Italian Foreign Minister is quite new in the diplomatic arena as she was named only six months ago in the centre-left government of Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.