(Reuters) - Nine Lebanese citizens held by rebels in northernSyriasince May 2012 have been released, caretaker Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told Reuters on Friday. Eleven Lebanese Shi'ites were seized last year by the Northern Storm brigade while on their way home from a pilgrimage to Shi'ite religious sites inIran, their families said....

Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says the potential resumption of the diplomatic ties between the Islamic Republic and the UK can only occur if the British government does away with its hostile policies toward Iran. Speaking at his weekly press briefing in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday, Araqchi said that Irans Majlis had already ...