Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday ordered members of Saraya al-Salam militia, his Sadrist movement’s military wing, to hand over their weapons to the Iraqi government after defeating the Daesh terrorist group.   “I ordered the Saraya al-Salam group to...

 Israel's leader faces renewed pressure from Europe on Monday to reboot the Middle East's moribund peace process following widespread criticism of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Brussels for an...

Relations between Israel and Turkey took a bitter turn Sunday as their leaders traded accusations of involvement in terrorism, days after the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would fight against the controversial...

Palestinian protests waned in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip on Sunday while violence flared near the U.S. embassy in Beirut over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Four days of protests in the Palestinian territories...