As Iran-backed groups block the formation of Iraq’s next government, frustrated voices are getting louder about Iran’s meddling. Recent efforts to form a new Iraqi government have all failed to yield results despite the formation of a majority bloc of Muqtada Sadr’s Shiite group, Masoud Barazani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party and …

One rocket was fired from Lebanon yesterday and two rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip Friday night. The IDF fired dozens of artillery shells toward targets in southern Lebanon after a rocket was fired into northern Israel yesterday, near the border town of Shlomi. IDF spokesperson Brig. …

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom also recommended the State Department designate Syria as a “country of particular concern” and place Egypt, Iraq and Turkey on a special watchlist for religious freedom offenders. Religious freedom conditions in Afghanistan have sharply deteriorated in the eight months since US troops withdrew …