PM avoids commenting directly on Trump decision, criticized by senior right-wing MKs as an abandonment of the Kurds, but says Jerusalem appreciates Washington's assistance

Former justice minister reiterates support for an independent Kurdistan; Blue and White's Hauser says murder of Kurds will lead to wave of refugees, increase regional instability

After owner says authorities gave him no trouble registering controversial name, local government orders eatery shut down until it is changed

Iraq-based minority, exiled from their ancestral heartland, still reeling from the slaughter and enslavement of thousands by Islamic State terrorists

Berlin says 'no concrete threat' against its forces in the region, but decision comes after State Department orders non-emergency US embassy staff to leave Baghdad and Erbil