“We will not be a launching pad for threatening neighboring countries, but we will spare no means to confront and deter Israeli aggression," Syria's information minister reportedly said.

The Islamic Republic has denied that it launched an attack.

The destroyer is equipped with a helicopter deck, torpedo launchers, anti-aircraft and anti-ship guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, and electronic-warfare systems, Iran claims.

The signatories claim that Ansari’s defense of Hamas led his offices to be “inundated with threats of violence and death.”

Zelensky said he expected that the results of previous meetings with the US in Geneva would now be "hammered out" on Sunday.

Security sources claimed the protesters were holding a protest to demand job opportunities within the refinery, during which the security forces assigned to guard the site opened fire.

One of the wounded on the Palestinian side was hit by gunfire from a Jewish settler.

Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, but was not welcomed by the head of Turkey's state-run religious organization despite earlier plans.