JERUSALEM -- Israel announced on Thursday that it will sell its most advanced missile defense system Arrow-3 to Germany, marking the country's largest-ever military deal.
The Israeli and German defense ministries "will sign the landmark 3.5-billion-U.S. dollar defense agreement," the Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement. (Israel-Missile Sale-Germany)
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SANAA -- An Omani delegation arrived in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Thursday in a bid to persuade the Houthi group to accept a UN proposal for resuming a truce with the Yemeni government, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The delegation was scheduled to hold talks with top Houthi leaders in the coming hours, the television channel said, without elaborating further. (Yemen-Omani Delegation-Truce)
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DAMASCUS -- Over 100 schools ravaged by the massive Feb. 6 earthquakes in Syria's northern province of Aleppo have been successfully renovated, the state news agency SANA reported Thursday, citing a local official.
Mustafa Abdul-Ghani, the education director of Aleppo, confirmed the accomplishment of the restoration work of 146 schools, adding that another 49 quake-damaged schools were under renovation. (Syria-Quakes-Schools Rebuilding)
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TEHRAN -- Iran has arrested another 20 suspects in connection with Sunday's "terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern province of Fars, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported on Thursday.
The suspects were arrested in Fars and other provinces, Mizan quoted Fars province's Chief Justice Kazem Mousavi as saying, noting that the arrestees will all be transferred to Fars for further investigations. (Iran-Shiraz Shrine Attack-Suspects Arrested)
