Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to Daesh (ISIS) or other terror-related offenses, and sentenced more than 3,000 of them to death, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. The mass incarceration and speed of guilty verdicts raise...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iran had defused all regional threats against the country, as tension rises between Tehran and Washington over the influence of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East. In an Iranian New Year message, Khamenei did not specify...

Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday said his country was looking forward to improved ties with Russia “in the interests of both countries”. In a congratulatory message to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the latter’s reelection, Masum said Iraq was keen to...

Israel plans to revoke the permanent residency of 12 Palestinians in East Jerusalem for alleged involvement in “terrorist” activity, according to the country’s interior minister. In a statement on Tuesday, Arye Dery said he was considering the move after the Knesset (Israel’s...