Israel deployed two Iron Dome defense systems, one in Safed and one in Haifa, on May 5, just hours after it reportedly launched an attack in Syria, Times of Israel and AP reported.

Israel launched rockets into the Damascus suburb of Jamraya on May 5, striking a Syrian military research facility, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said, CNN reported, citing Syrian state-run television.

The recent Israeli airstrike on Syria targeted Fateh-110s, advanced surface-to-surface missiles, believed to be en route to Hezbollah from Iran, American officials said May 4, The New York Times reported.

Iraqi troops killed 14 militants during clashes in Mosul on May 4, Press TV reported.

A bomb killed five U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S. Armed Forces said May 4, Reuters reported.

At least 24 people were killed in ethnic clashes in Wukari, Taraba state, on May 3, AP reported May 4.

Indonesia will host an ASEAN Plus Eight joint counterterrorism training exercise in Bogor, West Java, in September, the Indonesian Defense Ministry said May 4, Xinhua reported.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad visited a university in Damascus on May 4 for his second public appearance in less than a week, AP reported.

Sadiq Zaman Khattak, a parliamentary candidate for Pakistan's secular Awami National Party in upcoming elections, was shot and killed along with his three-year-old son in Karachi on May 3, a police spokesman said, AFP reported.