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The Islamic world faces the risk of disintegration amid sectarian tensions, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

?The main thing for us is Islam, not Sunni nor Shiite,? Erdo?an told a group of journalists returning to Ankara following a one-day visit to Tehran on April 7. 

According to Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an, the Muslim world is on the verge of a disintegration, during which ever more blood could be shed. Everyone should try their best to prevent this, as it has the capacity to infect the rest of the world, Erdo?an suggests.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, while in Iran, offered to become a mediator in Syria and in Yemen. He said, ?Iraq is a place we are shedding tears at. More than 100,000 people have died there up to now. History was destroyed. Similarly, 300,000 people have died in Syria. I am not interested in the Shiite or Sunni in here. I am interested in the Muslims.

The United States has stepped up weapons deliveries in support of a Saudi-led coalition resisting the advance of Shiite rebels in Yemen, a senior US official said April 7.
      
"Saudi Arabia is sending a strong message to the Huthis and their allies that they cannot overrun Yemen by force," Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in the Saudi capital.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as part of his official visit to Tehran on April 7.

The trip comes amid recent tension between Ankara and Tehran over the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an hosted Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammad bin Nayef al-Saud at a lengthy meeting hours before departing for an official visit to Tehran on April 7.

Bin Nayef?s visit was not announced on the daily schedule of Erdo?an regularly posted on the official webpage of the presidency of the Republic of Turkey.

More than 100,000 people in Yemen have left their homes in search of safety and at least 74 children have been killed since fighting in the country intensified almost two weeks ago, the U.N. children's agency said.
     

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is visiting Iran today with four files. 

In a joint statement, 65 Iranian deputies called on Erdo?an to apologize for his remarks about Iran. Erdo?an is expected to bring Yemen, Iraq, Syria and energy to the table in his talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. 

The Red Cross said April 6 that an aid plane is ready to leave for Yemen but its departure has been held back by logistics problems inside the war-torn country.
      
"We have a cargo plane with medical supplies which is ready to go," Sitara Jabeen, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told AFP.
      

During his traditional Easter Sunday message to people all over the world, Pope Francis called for peace and tolerance.

He pleaded for peace especially in the Holy Land, Ukraine, Libya, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as quoted by the BBC.