Officials say police and military forces have clashed with armed tribesmen in a north Sinai village by the border with Israel, leaving one gunman dead.

The deaths raise to 31 the number of fighters Hezbollah has lost in the struggle for the town of Qusair since Sunday.

The proposal was made by the Omani delegation at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting on the unification of traffic laws.

Sunnis in Lebanon mostly sympathise with the Sunni-led revolt against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Israel says a French TV report in 2000 that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy is misleading.

Emir of Qatar calls for Palestinian state within 1967 borders, broadly in line with a long-standing Saudi plan.

The mainly Sunni Muslim rebellion against the Alawite president has taken an increasingly Islamist tone.

Police identified the gunman as a former military officer who fell on hard times financially.

Six policemen and a border guard were snatched by suspected militants.