Iran reasserts its outright opposition to whatever geopolitical and border changes in the region.

Kyrgyzstan's president urges its people to trust the army and its partners to retain calm in disputed border region.

New clashes have erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia, in a resumption of decades-old hostilities between Baku and Yerevan over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Israel has recalled its ambassador to Morocco amid claims of sexual harassment and corruption at its mission in Rabat, nearly two years after the North African country normalized its ties with regime in Tel Aviv.  

Tehran has urged the Taliban government to remove “artificial barriers” to the realization of Iran’s water rights.

Iraq asks Turkey to allow more water to flow from its dams into the Arab country’s rivers.

US advisor for energy security, Amos Hochstein, has met Lebanese officials in Beirut, with Lebanese leaders stressing Lebanon maintains its rights to defend its natural resources.

Saudi Arabia says in a statement that along with Kuwait it has the right to develop Durra/Arash gas field.

The US and Philippines are set to hold their biggest military drills next week, as tensions grow with China over the South China Sea.

Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has reportedly survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Tripoli, amid an ongoing tussle for power in the North African country.