A senior official has confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in the West Bank this month because of U.S. recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital. President Donald Trump's recent decision breaks with...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Saturday "the end of the war" in Iraq against the Daesh (ISIS) and that his forces had regained full control of the border with Syria. "Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I, therefore, announce the end of the war...

At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the Palestinian president said Washington could no longer be a peace broker....

Thirty-one-year-old Mahmoud al-Masri was killed in clashes along Israeli-Gaza border amidst a show of rage over the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Israeli army confirmed it had shot two people along the border, accusing them of being...