Turkey's defense minister on Friday pledged to wage a campaign against a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia, sharpening focus on a potential conflict the United States has sought to prevent. The comments from Hulusi Akar, on an unannounced visit to inspect troops stationed near the...

A car bomb blast killed at least one person and injured more than a dozen the Iraqi town of Al-Qaim on the Syrian border on Friday, a statement from Iraq's military said. The military said one person was killed, and 16 people were injured. A local senior police source put the number...

Israeli forces have continued conducting raids in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, triggering clashes with local Palestinians. On Thursday evening, the fifth consecutive day of raids, dozens of soldiers and at least eight military vehicles raided Ramallah’s Al-Masyoon...

Egyptian authorities say they have deported a German citizen of Egyptian origin who had been detained last month in Luxor airport carrying maps and a compass, raising suspicions he was plotting terrorism. Cairo airport officials said Friday that 18-year-old Isa El Sabbagh, from Giessen,...