An Iraqi military commander says forces have taken control of another neighborhood in western Mosul. Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, spokesman of the Joint Military Operations Command, tells The Associated Press Friday that despite bad weather, Iraqi special operations forces have completely...

Military helicopters and drones launched a series of attacks on suspected al-Qaeda targets in southern Yemen early Friday, witnesses said. The unidentified aircraft, believed to be American, also deployed troops on the ground in the al-Saeed area in Shabwa province and engaged suspected...

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Thursday he had cancelled a scheduled trip to Germany after authorities there blocked a rally to promote a "yes" vote for constitutional changes that would expand the president's powers. Bozdag was scheduled late Thursday to address the Turkish...

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...

 U.S.-backed Iraqi army units shut the last main exit out of ISIS' stronghold in western Mosul, controlling access to the city from the northwest, a general and residents there said Wednesday. The army's 9th armored division is within a kilometer of Mosul's "Syria Gate", the...

Yemen has food reserves for only 2-4 months, bringing it to the brink of famine as fighting escalates, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday on return from the country. Robert Mardini, ICRC regional director for the Middle East, called for...

The families cowered in basements, huddling in the dark as war raged overhead between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants fighting for control of the streets of Mosul. Above ground, soldiers from Iraq's Rapid Response division move from house to house through the same openings Islamic...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman is expected to sign 10 agreements during his visit to Indonesia, with a focus on combating militant group Islamic State, the kingdom's ambassador to Indonesia told Reuters on Tuesday. The Saudi king, who on Sunday kicked off a month-long Asian tour to build ties...

Israeli forces were set Monday to evacuate and demolish nine settler homes built on private Palestinian land, after the supreme court rejected a last-minute request to only seal the structures. The same court had ordered the homes in the Ofra settlement be demolished by March 5. Their...

A train carrying 22 Syria-bound armored personnel carriers and soldiers from across Turkey pulled into the southeastern province of Gaziantep Monday -- along Turkey's border with Syria -- according to a military source.   Military vehicles and personnel are headed towards the Syrian...

Turkey on Monday criticized Austria after its foreign minister said President Tayyip Erdogan was not welcome to campaign among Turks living in Austria for a referendum to be held in Turkey in April. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told a news conference that Turkey "did not...

An Israeli military general is calling on a United Nations agency to fire a Palestinian staff member he claims has been elected to a leadership position with the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai of the Israeli defense body COGAT said Sunday he demanded the...

Palestinian officials on Sunday called for a boycott of Israeli military courts after a Palestinian freed in a 2011 prisoner exchange was rearrested and sent back to prison for life. Speaking in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Prisoners Club head Qadura Fares...

Every Sunday, the gymnasium along Beirut's airport highway echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of Syrian children enjoying a rare escape from a grim and confined life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children,...

Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by ISIS militants are fleeing the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a fourth day, after a string of sectarian killings there sent hundreds fleeing and raised accusations the government is failing to protect the minority. Official Nabil...

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Iraqi officials that the kingdom plans to appoint a new ambassador in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said.  Al-Jaafari was speaking during a joint press conference with the top Saudi diplomat, who started an official visit...

Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled jihadists inside west Mosul on Saturday but still faced a tough and potentially protracted battle to retake the Islamic State group's bastion. Almost a week into a major push on the city's west bank, they were gaining significant ground,...