JERUSALEM (AP) — The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence. This time around, there have been some additional sparks, including Jewish extremists who, emboldened by their...

Kurdish internal security  reached a permanent truce with pro-regime forces after days of deadly clashes in the northeastern Qamishli city due to a Russian mediation, Kurdish media outlets said Sunday. 'We abide by the Russian-brokered truce unless being breached or violated by the...

Kurdish security forces on Saturday have handed over the Russian military police 3 bodies of pro-regime National Defense militia who were killed in the past 72 hours clashes in Qamishli city, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.  The calm in the northeastern city followed a Russian-brokered...

BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin court on Friday convicted a German woman of membership in the Islamic State group over her time spent in territory controlled by the extremist group in Syria. The court gave the 34-year-old, identified only as Zeynep G. in line with German privacy rules, a...