Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia Thursday of jeopardizing peace talks on Syria planned for next week by insisting on the inclusion of "terrorist groups" such as the Kurdish YPG militia on the opposition side. Turkey is concerned by the growing influence of the YPG, across...

Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation. In an email sent to Reuters, COGAT, a...

The U.S.-led anti-Daesh effort will increase the number of troops in Iraq that will train more Iraqi fighters ahead of a Mosul operation, a coalition spokesman said Wednesday.  “That's really the next step in generating the amount of combat power needed to liberate Mosul,” said...

Kurdish forces have bulldozed, blown up and burned down thousands of Arab homes across northern Iraq in what may constitute a war crime, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report published on Wednesday. In the report, Amnesty said it found evidence of a...