BAGHDAD - Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari says Kuwait has gained Gulf, Arab and worldwide weight.

RIYADH - A Yemeni resident has been killed and another wounded by a rocket fired from Yemeni territories on Najran, southwestern Saudi Arabia.

ISTANBUL - Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reaffirms that Ankara will give full support to an operation to liberate the Syrian border town of Jarabulus from the grip of so-called Islamic State (IS).

MOSCOW - Russia dismisses allegations that Moscow is responsible for the continued violence in Syria, rejecting charges it has grossly interfered in the country. (end) msa