Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a suicide attacker tried to infiltrate a security headquarters near the northern city of Baiji where Daesh (ISIS) is entrenched in nearby mountain areas, security sources said. Around five assailants attacked the compound where police and...

Israeli forces demolished the home on Wednesday of a Palestinian who fatally stabbed three Jewish residents of a nearby settlement as tensions soared last month over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The military confirmed the demolition in the village of Kobar in the occupied West Bank....

Thousands of Iraqis have fled an Daesh (ISIS)-held town west of Mosul as Iraqi and coalition warplanes step up strikes ahead of a ground offensive to drive out the militants. Tal Afar and the surrounding area is one of the last pockets of Daesh-held territory in Iraq after victory was...

Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, Saudi local media reported on Tuesday. Saudi and Iraqi officials toured the site on Monday and...