Middle East

Iraq is conducting trials of thousands of suspected members of Islamic State, including hundreds of foreigners, with many arrested as the group's strongholds crumbled throughout Iraq.

Government forces captured Kfar Nabudah in northwest Syria on May 8, then lost it last week. The village lies on the border with Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria.

U.S. to send hundreds of additional troops, a dozen fighter jets to Middle East in coming weeks to counter what the Pentagon calls an escalating campaign by Iran to plan attacks against U.S. and its interests in region. For the first time, Pentagon publicly blames Iran, its proxies for recent tanker bombings near the UAE and a rocket attack in Iraq.

While Palestinian officials have swiftly rejected next month's planned Mideast conference in Bahrain, Ashraf Jabari says he will be thrilled to attend.

"The situation in the Persian Gulf and the region, and the situation surrounding the Vienna nuclear agreement, is extremely serious," the German Foreign Ministry says as envoy dispatched to ease tensions with U.S.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alliance accused government forces on Sunday of launching chlorine gas attack on its fighters in northern Latakia province.

Tensions between Tehran, Washington reach new high after U.S. sends more military forces to Middle East.

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has reportedly hired Houston-based Linden Government Solutions to assist with "international coalition building, and general public relations" for the Libyan National Army.

Report based on thousands of documents recovered from abandoned Syrian government offices shows inner workings of Assad's security agencies as they sought to eliminate dissidents and persecuted the Kurdish minority even before the 2011 uprising.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon also reportedly set to attend • United Arab Emirates reiterates support for establishment of a "Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital."