Speakers at Maronite Christian confab hosted by sect's chief cleric push for Lebanese neutrality rather than close alliance with Iran

Meetings this week follow reported trip of Sudanese official to Israel in February, warning by ousted ambassador that Israel losing support among civilians by backing military rule

Unidentified official seeking to advance relations between the countries, according to Kan news

Regional Affairs Minister Issawi Frej says several neighboring countries 'are waiting to sign agreements,' with Israel in contact with almost every state in the region

Unnamed official quoted saying arrested PM Hamdok had intended to travel to Washington soon to sign the deal; US says agreement 'will have to be evaluated'

Supreme leader says some governments have made 'errors' by forming ties with Jewish state, fracturing Islamic unity

Speaker says he didn’t mean to call for peace with Israel, others say they were misled about conference’s content; pro-Iran militia says normalizers are 'legitimate targets'

Spokesman for US-led coalition against Islamic State says he had no knowledge of confab promoting normalization and has no affiliation with its participants

Baghdad says it will arrest all 300 participants at event in Kurdistan that called for peace, once it can establish who they are; Sahar al-Ta'i, Wisam al-Hardan were main speakers

Dr. Sahar Karim al-Ta'i, recently in running to become a minister, says she is ready to give it all for normalization: 'We can live under repression or we can die with courage'