Syria's main opposition group called Monday for foreign allies to supply rebel forces with ground-to-air weapons to counter deadly air raids in Aleppo.

An air strike that killed at least 140 people at a funeral in Yemen has further hardened rebel opposition and lessened chances of a peaceful end to the country's war, analysts say.

Three pro-government fighters have been killed "by mistake" in Yemen in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition supporting them against rebels, loyalist military sources said Monday.

Iraq's top court on Monday overturned Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's decision to abolish the vice presidency, declaring it unconstitutional in a blow to the premier's problem-plagued reform efforts.

Jordan said Monday it will allow aid deliveries to tens of thousands of refugees on its border with Syria, which has been closed since a deadly attack on soldiers in June.

Ethiopia's government on Monday blamed Egypt for supporting outlawed rebels and forcing the declaration of a state of emergency.

There is "ample evidence" that Egypt provided training and financing to the Oromo Liberation Front, labeled a terrorist organization by Ethiopia, government spokesman Getachew Reda told journalists in the capital, Addis Ababa. "We know for a fact that the terrorist group OLF is receiving all kinds of support from Egypt."

Russia's defense ministry said Monday that the country was poised to transform its naval facility in the Syrian port city of Tartus into a permanent base.

"In Syria we will have a permanent naval base in Tartus," Russian news agencies quoted deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov as saying. 

A senior Israeli government minister is due to visit Turkey this week in the first such trip since the Jewish state and Ankara normalised relations after a six-year crisis over Israel's deadly storming of a Gaza-bound ship, an official said.

Israeli authorities have arrested dozens of Palestinians after a shooting rampage in Jerusalem killed two people and wounded five others, police said Monday.

The arrests after Sunday's attack included 31 Palestinians seeking to participate in celebrations in memory of the assailant as well as members of his family in east Jerusalem, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told army radio.

Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near an American destroyer passing by in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Monday.

While the Navy said the missiles, fired in a span of 60 minutes, landed in the water before reaching the USS Mason, the launches come after another Emirati ship suffered massive damage from a rocket attack days earlier.