A Turkish court Wednesday sentenced 64 military personnel to life in prison for involvement in a failed military coup in July 2016, state-run Anadolu news agency said. One hundred other defendants were acquitted, reports said. The indictment said leaders of the coup had flown...

Israeli forces started construction Wednesday on a controversial wall along the south Lebanon border, Al-Manar TV reported. "The Israeli army has begun construction on the cement wall in Ras Naqqoura," the television reported.

Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition began a major operation Wednesday against Daesh (ISIS) militants hiding out in a northeastern desert region, the military said. The army, rapid intervention forces and paramilitaries, in coordination with Kurdish fighters and with Iraqi and...

Iraqi authorities published a list of most wanted fugitives Tuesday headed by elusive Daesh (ISIS) group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his No. 2. It was the second list the Iraqi government had published this week of people wanted on suspicion of belonging to Daesh , Al-Qaeda or...