KUWAIT -- Boursa Kuwait ends Sunday's trading session in the green with the three main indices up.
AMMAN -- A ceasefire is declared in offensives against the so-called Islamic State (IS) on the Syria-Lebanon border, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
BAGHDAD -- Five people are killed and six others wounded when two car bombs explode in Baghdad, police say.
BEIRUT -- The Lebanese army announces a halt to its military operations on the eastern border with Syria against the so-called Islamic State (IS), allowing negotiations on Lebanese soldiers held hostage by IS. (end) mt