The Iraqi military says ISIS has lost more than three-fourths of the territory it seized when it swept across the country in the summer of 2014. Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, a military spokesman, says the extremist group currently controls less than 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 sq. miles) in...

A strong blast rocked Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir Tuesday near the riot police headquarters, just days before a key referendum on boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. The blast could be heard in several areas of the southeastern city, an AFP journalist...

( The New Arab )- A rocket fired from the Sinai peninsula landed in southern Israel on Monday, with tensions high in the area following two deadly church bombings in Egypt. The rocket landed in the Eskhol regional council, causing no injuries or damage, Israel's army said. No group has...

Israel took the unusual step Monday of barring its citizens from crossing into Egypt's Sinai peninsula, saying the threat of attacks in the area inspired by ISIS and other extremist groups was high. Minutes after the ban was announced, the Israeli military said a rocket was launched from the...