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.

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.

An explosion at the opening of a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded 57 more, police said, Reuters 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.

Iranian Gen. Masoud Jazayeri has said Iran will not allow Israel to harm the security of the region, and that a response will be made to the Israeli aggression in Syria, Ynet news reported May 5, citing Jazayeri's statement on Iranian television station Alalam.