An Israeli soldier convicted of shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant will not go to prison until after his appeal, a military court ruled Thursday. Elor Azaria was sentenced to 18 months in jail by a military court on February 21 and was due to begin his sentence on Sunday, but an...

A report severely criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership in the 2014 Gaza war may weaken the self-styled "Mr Security", analysts say. The state inquiry published Tuesday attacked Netanyahu's governing style throughout the war in which 68 Israeli soldiers died,...

A number of civilians and ISIS members were killed in an attack that hit a mosque run by the militants and damaged neighbouring houses in the west of the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday, three residents said Thursday. The Omar al-Aswad mosque, in the al-Faruq district of the old city center,...

Scores of Daesh militants were killed in western Mosul on Tuesday as part of a major offensive to drive the terrorist group from the northern city, according to an Iraqi military commander.  General Abdul Amir Yarullah, commander of the Mosul operation, said Iraqi forces killed 52...