(The Daily Star)- The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc issued a statement Thursday calling for solidarity with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, state media reported. “[With regards] to the Syrian displaced brethren, and in particular, the dismantling of some encampments where they are...

A suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a gas station in al-Hilla city, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 10 more, police and medical sources say. The attack took place at gas station with an adjacent restaurant used by Iranian...

MODI'IN, Israel An easterly wind whipped up more forest and brush fires across Israel and the West Bank on Thursday, temporarily forcing the closure of a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and a senior minister said he suspected many blazes were deliberate. A lack of rain combined with...

(The Daily Star)- Iraqi Kurdish and Shiite forces agreed to coordinate movements after cutting off Mosul from the rest of the territory held by ISIS in western Iraq and Syria in support of a U.S-backed offensive to capture the city, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. The agreement...