Southern Libya has been witnessing a state of security tensions for some time, amidst a state of secrecy and silence from all military and political parties, east and west.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian said, "It was never planned for Iran to fight in place of the Syrian army against a movement that does not pose a serious threat to the Islamic Republic."

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday that it had killed the leader of the ISIS organization in Syria, known as "Abu Yusuf," in a precision strike.

Ukraine said it was "outraged" after a Russian-flagged ship secretly exported grain from a Western-sanctioned port in occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen for the second time in months.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country has achieved its goals in Syria, and that the fall of ousted President Bashar al-Assad does not constitute a defeat for his country.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed that his country convinced Russia and Iran not to intervene militarily in Syria during the attack by Syrian opposition factions, which led to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.