An Israeli defense body says it is increasing its efforts to crack down on attempts to smuggle items to the Gaza Strip that Israel prohibits on security grounds. COGAT said on Thursday that it banned used auto parts for four-by-four vehicles from entering the Palestinian territory after...

Any mistake in a planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could result in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday. Turkey is locked in an escalating row with Iraq over who should take part in...

The Turkish Armed Forces sacked 109 military judges on Thursday, the defense ministry said, further extending a crackdown which has targeted tens of thousands of state employees as part of an investigation into an attempted coup in July. Ankara says a stream of suspensions, dismissals and...

Israel and Turkey will consider building a pipeline that would carry Israeli natural gas to Turkey and onward to European markets, Israel's energy minister said Thursday, during a first visit by an Israeli minister since the countries ended a six-year rift this summer. Yuval Steinitz told...