Iraqi security forces are sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad as part of an operation aimed at clearing remaining militants belonging to the Islamic State group from around the country's capital. A military helicopter flew over army units in the area as troops on the ground...

Israeli forces rounded up nine Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Tuesday.  A military statement said the individuals had been arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terror activities", without elaborating...

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that Iran's interception of commercial vessels, including its seizure of a British tanker, in Gulf waters was a violation of international law and urged the global community to deter such actions. "Any disruption of the freedom of international maritime traffic is...

raq Tuesday began exhuming the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official told AFP. The mass grave was uncovered in Tal al-Sheikhiya, about 300 kilometers south of Baghdad,...