Turkish news agencies say the country has increased its military presence along its southern border against threats from Kurdish militants in war-torn northern Syria. The official Anadolu news agency said Saturday that Turkey dispatched artillery to Kilis province to reinforce units there....

Influential Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday called on the Baghdad government to dismantle the paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi umbrella organisation dominated by Iran-backed Shiite militias. Sadr was speaking to thousands of supporters in the Iraqi capital after a rare visit at...

Israeli police will conduct an "examination" into the fatal shooting of two Jordanian nationals by an embassy guard that led to ties between the two states worsening, officials said on Friday. On July 23, a security guard for the Israeli embassy in Amman shot dead a Jordanian worker who had...

Yemeni troops and armor have pushed Al-Qaeda militants out of main cities in Shabwa, residents said on Friday, regaining government control over the southern province for the first time in years. They said Al-Qaeda militants withdrew to the mountains without a fight as armored vehicles from...