A U.S. aircraft carrier has sailed into the Arab Gulf, becoming the first in the region since President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year. The December 21 arrival of the USS John C. Stennis came amid repeated threats by Iranian officials to...

Israel's army censor warned Thursday against publishing photos released earlier in the day by Hamas, of eight people it claimed were part of a recent Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip that turned deadly. Hamas’ armed wing called for information on the people in the...

Iraq launched air strikes on Daesh (ISIS) targets inside neighboring Syria on Tuesday, destroying two buildings housing 40 fighters and weapons, its military said. F-16 fighter jets destroyed a building where members of the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group were storing weapons,...

A high-ranking Houthi official has called for rebels to stop firing rockets and using attack drones in the conflict in Yemen, as a UN envoy prepares to travel to the country to prepare peace talks. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the Higher Revolutionary Committee and an influential...