Syrian regime forces captured Khirbet Ghazaleh, a strategic southern town on the highway to Jordan, from rebel fighters on May 8, Reuters reported.

Twenty-two police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians were killed when alleged Boko Haram members attacked Bama, Nigeria, on May 7, the Nigerian military said, Reuters reported.

Several police officers and civilians were killed when gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria's Borno state, the Nigerian Premium Times newspaper reported May 7.

Syria's Martyrs of Yarmouk brigade is holding four U.N. peacekeepers who were monitoring the cease-fire line between Syria and the Golan Heights, the brigade and a U.N. spokeswoman said May 7, Reuters reported.

Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed al-Barghathi retracted the resignation that he announced early May 7, The Tripoli Post reported.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan will make an important decision May 7 along with the Libyan army's chief of staff, a Libyan Defense Ministry spokesman said, denying reports that the chief of staff had quit, Reuters reported.