The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, US officials said Friday. The cut would be in line with President Donald Trump's repeated call to bring troops home and his reelection campaign pledge to end what he calls "endless...

UN's special envoy for Middle East peace said on Friday that under the current circumstances no mediation efforts to prevent escalation between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel in Gaza Strip can succeed.  “Palestinian militants must immediately stop the launching of...

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Beirut next week to pressure local politicians into pressing ahead with the creation of a government that can implement urgent reforms, a French presidential official said Friday. "The president has said it he will not give up. He made a...

Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel's first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalize relations. The website of the Israel Airports Authority listed the...