The UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement denouncing a visit by an Iranian Shura Council delegation to the disputed islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, SPA reported May 6.

Gunmen in Libya surrounded the foreign and justice ministries on May 6 and demanded the government's resignation, despite the adoption of a law to remove officials who served under the regime of former leader Moammar Gadhafi, AFP reported.

An Iranian general on May 6 said any weapons Israel targeted in Syria did not come from Iran, Naharnet reported, citing the website of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The airspace in northern Israel has been closed until May 9 due to an Israel Defense Forces directive issued May 5, Israel News reported.

Libya's General National Congress passed the Isolation Law on May 5, barring anyone who held a senior position under ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi from working in the new administration, Reuters reported.

Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a member of former President Bill Clinton's Cabinet, said U.S. President Barack Obama is leaning toward aerial strikes in Syria rather than a ground invasion, Israel News reported May 5, citing Richardson's interview on U.S. television network ABC.