North Korea has taken two Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from their position on the country's east coast, unnamed U.S. officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

A Nigerian fighter jet participating in military operations in Mali crashed in western Niger, killing both crew members, Nigerian officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

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

According to Lebanon's Hezbollah-affiliated Almayadeen television channel, senior Syrian officials have said the Syrian military has deployed missile batteries aimed at Israel, Israel News reported May 5.

Egypt has condemned Israeli strikes in Syria, saying that the strikes violate international law and will only further complicate matters, The Daily Star reported May 5.

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.