The Iranian Embassy in London strongly condemns the Israeli prime minister over obliterating the West Bank during an address to the media about the importance of the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced visit to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's declared independence from Ukraine.

An Israeli legislator from the right-wing Likud political party is preparing a bill on the annexation of the strategic Jordan Valley, which comprises a third of the occupied West Bank.

Palestinians welcome a vote by the UN General Assembly requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has formalized the rejoining process of the regions which are now part of Russian territory.

Syria condemns an Israeli plan to double the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied Golan Heights within five years.

Israel introduces plans to build over 1,300 new settler units in the occupied West Bank.