Daesh is being fought by three separate military alliances in northern Syria, including the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces which incorporate the Kurdish YPG militia.

Yemen said on Wednesday it had not suspended counter-terrorism operations with the US government, despite controversy over a US commando raid on al Qaeda militants in which several civilians...

Education is one of the most effective ways to break the cycle of discrimination and poverty that children with disabilities often face.

An Iraqi Christian militia leader threatened on Monday to ethnically cleanse Sunni Arab tribes from a district near the contested city of Mosul in Iraq's northern Ninawa province in...

Grim footage has emerged from eastern Mosul, supposedly "liberated" from Daesh control late last month,showing members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and men who appeared to be from...

Bulldozers arrived in the early hours of the morning at the entrance of the village in the Negev.

Israeli bulldozers raided the Tal Al-Foul area of Beit Hanina, surrounded the building and began razing it.

Workers tried to save as many chickens as possible and lift the tin roofs that fell on them and the cages that were broken.

In an attempt to see the realities of life in the occupied West Bank, a group of British Catholic bishops visited the city of Hebron where many roads have been "sterilised" of Palestinian residents to protect some 850 Israeli settlers in the city.

Journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who ended a 94-day hunger strike in Israeli jails in November, started a new open-ended hunger strike after he was handed an administrative detention order for...

The Israeli arrest of former hunger striker Muhammad Al-Qeeq is an "arbitrary measure", stressing it came on grounds of "suppressing free speech", Palinfo.com reported the head of the Palestinian...

A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba in Makkah yesterday evening, police in Saudi Arabia said. Officers said they were able to arrest the...

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the release of the Palestinians, held in Israeli prisons, in Nablus

The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday....

The speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for US President Donald Trump to address parliament during a state visit...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to support new sanctions on Iran after it tested a ballistic missile. Netanyahu, who arrived in London this...

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Just think of this dish as a creamy risotto topped with meat and a spicy tomato-y salsa.

Thousands rallied in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in protest of home demolitions targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel, with demonstrators calling the Israeli state's demolition...

Approximately 10,000 people protest a travel ban introduced on citizens of 7 Muslim-majority countries and refugees

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The US president's travel ban brought restaurant owners out onto the streets

Jewish settlers who refuse to leave the settlement, prepare for a possible police intervention.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that "nothing is off the table" in dealing with Iran following its test launch of a ballistic missile, and his fellow Republicans in...

A veteran CIA clandestine service officer who ran one of the agency's "black site" prisons set up after the 9/11 attacks was named deputy director of the US spy...

The synagogue was the final building which was cleared by security officials

Palestinian prisoners do not reject the principle of inspections but they refuse the invasion of their privacy and dignity which they will defend fiercely, the director of the Palestinian...

Traditionally adobe bricks and mortar are used for roofing; these are made of sand, soil and cement.

Americans come to together to protest against Trump's ban.

The oldest player to compete at a major championship stopped penalties from Herve Koffi and Bertrand Traore.

Calling for unity, civilians come out in force in support of Muslim community

Twenty police officers were lightly injured and 13 people were arrested during the unrest