Egyptian lawmakers overwhelmingly approve motion to extend president's term limits, which could see President el-Sissi staying in power until 2034

The Israeli Justice Ministry says the government has asked a Dutch court to dismiss war crimes allegations against Benny Gantz, an ex-military chief who is challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April elections

Seeking re-election despite criminal investigations, Israel's Netanyahu is channeling his inner Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief internal rival has placed high in the ruling Likud primary elections

Egypt's parliament is debating a motion to amend the constitution in a way that could allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in office well beyond the end of his current term in 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the launch of a new weekly Webcast to "get rid of the fake from the news" ahead of the country's national elections in April

Iran marks 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, brought clerics to power

Ayatollah Khomeini was face of Iran's revolution, but now his family is largely out of the country's politics

A human rights lawyer says Egypt has rounded up at least six activists in the last couple of days in a wave of arrests coinciding with the anniversary of the 2011 uprising

The leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Iranian-backed militias says US troops should leave Iraq