President Assad says British and French airstrikes in Syria are illegal and doomed to fail, adding that London and Paris helped the rise of terrorism in the region.
The French go to the polls in regional elections more than three weeks after the Paris attacks. The far-right National Front is hoping to make gains.
Iran calls Turkey's troop deployment to neighboring Iraq wrong, saying such measures without coordination with the Iraqi government violate regional security.
Israeli forces detain eight Palestinians in the West Bank overnight, in an ongoing wave of aggression across the occupied territories.
Daesh terrorists claim responsibility for a bomb attack that has killed the governor of the Yemeni city of Aden, along with several members of his entourage.