Iraq’s intelligence apparatus has dismantled a clandestine group that had helped finance Daesh terrorist operations around the world, according to Iraq’s National Intelligence Service (NIS). In a Thursday statement, the NIS described the group as “the largest Daesh financing operation...

- The last civilians are expected to be evacuated from Islamic State’s final enclave in eastern Syria on Thursday, clearing the way for U.S.-backed forces to attack jihadists still holed up inside, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said. The village of Baghouz at the Iraqi border...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest challengers in Israel's April 9 general election joined forces on Thursday, marking a dramatic turn in a race his right-wing Likud party had been predicted to win easily. Benny Gantz, a respected former military chief of staff, and centrist...

 Palestine - An Israeli fighter jet on Wednesday launched airstrikes on the eastern Gaza Strip where Palestinians were staging a protest, according to eyewitnesses. Two missiles were dropped near the protesters, the eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. No casualties were reported so...