BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. strike in Baghdad that  killed a commander  of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group this week highlighted the ambiguous status of the country's  Iran-allied armed factions . Some operate simultaneously as a part of the official security forces...

At least 21 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded in attacks carried out by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip early Friday. According to a report on the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli warplanes conducted late night airstrikes in the southern city of Rafah and the...

The US said Thursday that it had carried out "self-defense strikes" against Houthi targets in Yemen. "On Feb. 8, between the hours of 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. (Sanaa [Yemen’s capital] time), U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted seven self-defense strikes against four Houthi unmanned...

A Palestinian journalist was killed Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, pushing the death toll for members of the press targeted by Israel since Oct. 7 to 123, the Gaza Media Office said in a statement. Rizk Al-Gharabli, director of the Palestinian Media Center in the Gaza...