ADEN, Yemen -- At least 11 soldiers from Yemen's government forces were killed in an overnight attack launched by the Houthi rebel militia in the country's central oil-rich province of Marib, a government military official said on Sunday.
"The Houthi rebel fighters launched an offensive and targeted military sites of the government forces in Harib district of Marib late on Saturday night, sparking intense battles in the area," the local military official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Houthi Attacks-Casualty)
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JERUSALEM -- Two Israelis were killed in a Palestinian drive-by shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday amid surging violence in the region, Israeli sources said.
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said in a statement that the two individuals were in their 20s and had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. They were taken to a hospital in Israel, where they were later pronounced dead. (Israel-Palestine-Shooting Attack)
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DAMASCUS -- A delegation of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union visited Damascus on Sunday, underscoring the importance of bringing Syria back to the Arab fold.
The president of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union and Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi headed the high-ranking delegation to Damascus.
The eight Arab lawmakers held a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and then went to the Syrian Parliament to meet lawmakers. (Syria-Visit-Arab League)
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AMMAN/JERUSALEM -- Israel's far-right government denied on Sunday most of the agreements that had been achieved in a meeting of senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials in Jordan.
The meeting was called by Jordan in a bid to soothe tensions ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
According to a statement released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry after the meeting held in Aqaba, the Israeli and Palestinian representatives had agreed to de-escalation. (Israel-Palestine-Aqaba Meeting)
