Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to increase sanctions on the Gaza Strip, drawing a fresh attack from Hamas. Abbas, the leader of the internationally-recognised Palestinian government based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has been seeking to weaken Hamas by cutting...

Jordan's King Abdullah II is to meet Monday with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on his first visit to Ramallah in five years, a Palestinian official said. Mohammed Shtayyeh, a top official in the Fatah party of Abbas, told AFP Saturday that the two leaders would discuss efforts to revive...

The Lebanese army will not coordinate with the Syrian army to fight against Islamic State in the Lebanese-Syrian border zone, a military source told Reuters on Saturday, rejecting a local media report of direct military cooperation between the two. The source said the Lebanese army had the...

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....