Israeli media report the Syrian prisoner exchange negotiated by Russia, which included the repatriation of an Israeli woman who crossed the Golan frontier into Syria, in return for two Syrian shepherds who strayed into Israeli-held territory, involved another unprecedented Israeli...

Five Daesh/ISIS militants were killed in an Iraqi security operation north of Baghdad, according to a local security officer on Saturday. Police Captain Ahmed Khalaf told Anadolu Agency that a joint force from the Iraqi army and the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) Force shot dead...

Jordanian troops clashed with drug smugglers on the border with Syria on Friday, killing two people and seizing a shipment of hashish and amphetamines, the military said. The military said it thwarted two attempts to “infiltrate a group of people and smuggle quantities of drugs”...

Fierce clashes reported on Friday between Turkish-backed National Army and Kurdish forces in northeastern Hasakah province, following  a series of attacks and car bombs by US-backed Kurdish fighters on opposition areas, local activists said.   The clashes have...