U.S. and Iraqi officials say the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment of combat forces that remain in the country

Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish court has sentenced dozens of people, including former soldiers attached to the presidential guard regiment, to life imprisonment over their involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government

An Iranian cargo ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked

Israel’s president has handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government

Israel’s president has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to cobble together a governing majority

A new audio recording indicates Jordanian authorities tried to silence a former crown prince for meeting with internal critics

Israel’s president has named Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the party leader to try to cobble together a governing majority

Police in Dubai have arrested a Russian citizen for filming several naked women on a high-rise balcony in the city, after footage of the nude photo shoot went viral and prompted a crackdown in the Gulf Arab sheikhdom