Jordan: King Abdullah’s uncle given 18-year sentence in absentia
Walid al-Kurdi, the uncle of Jordan's king, was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years of hard labour and fined $268m by a Jordanian court. Kurdi,...
Israel: Seven settlers convicted over wedding where they mocked dead Palestinian toddler
Following a 2015 wedding where Israeli settlers waved around and stabbed photos of Ali Dawabshe, a murdered Palestinian toddler, a top Israeli court has convicted...
Iran piles pressure on Iraq’s Kurdish and Sunni leaders to crack Sadr’s alliance
Iran has begun piling pressure on Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and the speaker of Iraq’s parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi, hoping to convince them to abandon Muqtada...
Palestinian killed, 12 arrested in raids across the West Bank
A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with soldiers in Jenin and neighboring West Bank villages early Wednesday morning as Israeli security forces carried out...
Syrian soldiers killed in alleged Israeli airstrike near Damascus
Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded after alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites near Damascus early Wednesday morning, according to Syrian state...