Iraq's state TV says the Turkish Prime Minister has arrived in Baghdad in his first visit since the two governments quarreled over the presence of unauthorized Turkish troops in northern Iraq. The Saturday report didn't give details on the schedule of Binali Yildirim's two-day visit. On his...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday announced that some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqis who have fled to Turkey would be given Turkish nationality. "Our interior ministry is carrying out work, and under this work, some of them will be granted our nationality after all the necessary...

The Iraqi army and pro-government tribal fighters captured several villages on Friday -- without facing resistance -- from the Daesh terrorist group in the western Anbar province, according to a military official. Army Major-General Numan Abdel-Zawbaei told Anadolu Agency that Iraqi forces...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are fighting street battles with ISIS militants in the city of al-Bab, and progress in taking it from the extremists has been slowed by efforts to avoid civilian casualties, Turkey's defense minister said Friday. The rebels, backed by Turkish special forces,...

Jordanian state media say authorities plan to prosecute 12 Jordanians on suspicion of hate speech aimed at victims of the New Year's nightclub shooting attack in Turkey. Two Jordanians were among the 39 people killed in the Istanbul shooting for which the extremist group Islamic State...

ISIS militants attacked an Iraqi army outpost and a police station near the city of Tikrit Friday, killing at least four soldiers and wounding 12 others, military and police sources said. The militants used a car bomb and two suicide attackers in their assault shortly after midnight on the...

 The Turkish military and Syrian rebels killed 32 ISIS militants in the latest clashes in northern Syria Thursday, Turkey's armed forces said in a statement Friday. In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the army said...

(BBC)- The Iraqi military says it has launched a new offensive aimed at re-capturing western towns near the Syrian border from the jihadist group Islamic State. The operation will involve army and federal police units, along with tribal fighters. Their main targets are the towns of...

Six Iraqi civilians were killed and another 17 injured on Thursday when a car bomb shook capital Baghdad, according to a local security source. "The explosive-laden vehicle blew up in the city’s eastern [predominantly Shia] Al-Obeidi area," Ahmed Khalaf, a Baghdad police officer, told...

Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck ISIS targets in Syria, 'neutralizing' 38 of the group's militants, Turkey's military said in a statement Thursday. In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the army said airstrikes by...

The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it has doubled to about 450 the number of military advisors assisting Iraqi troops engaged in the fight to retake Mosul from ISIS fighters. "We have increased the number of advise and assist forces that are there with the ISF (Iraqi Security Forces)...

An Iraqi attack helicopter crashed Wednesday south of the Mosul battlefield, killing all four crew members, security officials said. "During an army aviation mission this morning, an aircraft crashed due to a technical failure," the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against...

 At least three soldiers were killed in clashes with al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen in an operation launched by the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabu Mansour Hadi, security sources said. They said at least 10 other soldiers were wounded when troops were...

The family of an Iraqi female journalist kidnapped in Baghdad last week says she has been released. Nibras Shawqi al-Qaisi told The Associated Press Wednesday that her sister, Afrah, was released the night before, without providing further details. Gunmen who said they were members of...

Iraqi forces on Tuesday captured a major district of Daesh-held Mosul amid an ongoing army offensive aimed at ousting the terrorist group from the northern city.  "Iraqi forces have taken Mosul’s southeastern Al-Hay al-Senai district following fierce clashes with Daesh militants,"...

Israeli forces destroyed 13 structures -- including a school -- in a village in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to Palestine’s official WAFA news agency. The structures in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Tana east of the city Nablus were deemed illegal by the Israeli authorities...

Iraq's Vice President Nouri Al-Maliki said Monday the Shia Hashd al-Shaabi militia could enter Syria to fight for “Syrian brothers” if needed. His statement came amid increased concerns over the armed Shia group to fuel sectarian clashes in northern Iraq, especially the Turkmen-populated...

(Sky News)- Police in Israel have reportedly been questioning the country's prime minister on suspicion of receiving gifts from business people. Benjamin Netanyahu denies the accusations which, if proved, would amount to a breach of his role as a public servant. Investigators began...

Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra Monday, sparking clashes with the security forces, officials said. "There was a terror attack on Mutawakil police station, now the Iraqi forces are besieging them," interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan told...

Turkey will press on with its military operation in Syria despite the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub that was a "message" against the campaign, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. "This was a message for our cross-border operations, above all the Euphrates Shield,"...