U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Russia's President Putin that the United States is "grateful to Russia for its cooperation," RIA is reporting.
Kerry is meeting Putin in Moscow following earlier discussions on Syria with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russia's General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford have discussed cooperation in Syria between Russia and the U.S.-led coalition against IS, RIA Novosti is reporting.
The telephone call was initiated by the United States, according to RIA.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Gerasimov and Dunford "exchanged views on the situation in Syria and the practical aspects of cooperation between the Russian air force and the coalition's aircraft, in the war against IS."
A Lebanese minister has insisted that his country is not part of a newly announced Saudi-led counterterror alliance, contradicting Riyadh’s own statement on its formation, NOW Media reports.
“Lebanon is not a participant in the Islamic coalition against terrorism,” Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi told MTV in an interview today.
Counterterrorism analyst Patrick Skinner comments on the emerging reports that Los Angeles schools have been ordered shut due to a "credible" terror threat.
Jordan's government spokesman Mohammad Momani has said that Jordan is always ready to join any endeavor aimed at countering terrorism, Jordan's Petra News Agency reports.
He told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the Kingdom deems the war on terrorism as "our war and the Muslims war" against terrorists who carry out "ugly and brutal" acts in the name of religion, however, Islam, the religion of peace and tolerance, abhors them.
Terrorism is the real and direct threat to stability in the region and the world, he added.
The United States and its allies targeted IS militants with a fresh round of 14 air strikes in Syria and Iraq on Monday, the U.S. military has said in a statement.
AFP has this update on the new Saudi-led anti-terror coalition.
A Danish prosecutor has charged a 23-year-old man with violating Danish terrorism laws by joining the IS group in 2013, AP reports.
The unidentified man is also charged with supporting IS financially because he intended to bring $3,000 when he planned to return to Syria in 2014, but was stopped by Danish police.
Nearly a month after a terrorist assault that killed 20 people, the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital of Bamako has reopened.
The militant group Al-Mourabitoun claimed that it carried out the attack in cooperation with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
An Al-Qaeda member confirmed last month that the attack had been carried out by a group loyal to Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an Algerian operative for Al-Qaeda.