The offensive capabilities of the Israel
Defense Forces have increased significantly, and anyone who attacks the Jewish state will be met with "firepower" and a "fist of steel."
Ayatollah of Iran Ali Khamenei commented on the support of French
President Emmanuel Macron for the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Iranian Supreme Leader called it an "idiotic action."
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to resume negotiations
on the Renaissance dam being built on the Blue Nile almost three months after it was suspended.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that he proposed
in a conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to jointly solve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Iran strongly condemned the assassination of Yemen's Minister of Youth and Sports,
Hasan Zayed (government of the Ansar Allah rebel movement, Houthis).