Hamas has warned that Israeli annexation in the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", but the Islamist group must weigh the cost of a new fight, analysts said. In recent weeks, there have been almost daily protests in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip against US President Donald...

Two rockets were fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory Friday, the army said. Sirens sounded in the Israeli district of Sderot, close to the border with Gaza, medics and the army said. The reported rocket fire came the day after Hamas warned that Israel's...

Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of a powerful Iran-backed militia in southern Baghdad late Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group, government officials and paramilitary sources said. The raid was the most brazen action by Iraqi forces against a major...

Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, home to the US embassy, Thursday, the fifth such attack in 10 days, security sources inside the high-security district told AFP. AFP journalists heard at least three explosions, followed by the sound of sirens in the Green Zone. There were no immediate...