A group of Iraq’s Shi’ite militia groups said on Saturday that they strongly rejected the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by the United States. The groups, backed and trained by Tehran, delivered a statement from the home of...

Incoming Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his new cabinet Saturday alongside president Mahmud Abbas. Several key positions were unchanged from the previous administration of Rami Hamdallah. Analysts say the change of government was made to further isolate Islamist...

Israeli forces detained three Palestinians near the security fence with the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli military on Saturday.  In a statement, the army said the three men had sneaked the fence into Israeli territory.  It said one Palestinians had a knife, but without...

 Syrian Kurds on Saturday repatriated 25 women and children from Iraq's Yazidi minority after freeing them during the final push against Daesh (ISIS), a local official said. The U.S.-backed fighters say they rescued some 300 Yazidi women and children during the fight to take the...