An Israeli civilian is being held against his will by the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel said on Thursday. Hamas, the Palestinian enclave's dominant faction, declined to comment. Israel suspects militants in Gaza would use its citizens to bargain for the release of Palestinians...

At least 45 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group militants have died after eating a poisoned iftar meal, British newspaper the Daily Mail reported, It is thought that a group of 145 ISIS militants had sat together to break their fast, but only 100 survived the meal, the report added....

 Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is planning to build a new refugee camp in the southern town of Kilis, in order to accommodate for the ongoing influx of Syrian refugees, reports Turkish news site Hürriyet Daily. “Such a refugee inflow scares us. That would...

Israel's Shin Bet security agency says it has arrested six Bedouins for establishing a cell supportive of the ISIS. The agency said Monday that four of those arrested were teachers and tried to indoctrinate students at their schools with the extremist group's ideas. It said they intended to...