RIYADH -- The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announces plan for direct flights from Dammam to Najaf city in Iraqi starting from this June.
ERBIL -- Four people are killed in a drone attack on Khor Mor gas field in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan region, north Iraq.
BEIRUT -- Two members of the Lebanese Islamic resistance are killed in an Israeli drone attack on car in the West Beqaa district.
PARIS -- The flame of the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 is handed over to France in a ceremony in Athens.
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration has determined that three Israeli military battalions committed "gross human rights violations" against Palestinian civilians.
WASHINGTON -- The US Department of Defense announces a security assistance package amounting in value to USD six billion for Ukraine. (end) gb