Dutch police conducted security searches around Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on July 30 in response to "indications" of a threat, causing traffic jams during the busy summer holiday season.

Many Islamic State leaders have fled Mosul with their families toward Syria ahead of a planned offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq's defense minister said on July 30.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is concerned that a deal struck with Turkey in March on handling a wave of migrants bound for Europe could collapse, he told an Austrian newspaper.

President Tayyip Erdogan condemned Western countries on July 29 for failing to show solidarity with Turkey over the recent failed coup, saying those who worried over the fate of coup supporters instead of Turkish democracy could not be friends of Ankara.

The computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura called on Russia and the United States on July 28 to work together in reducing the fighting in Syria, saying that failure of their cooperation plan would have a very negative impact on planned peace talks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 28 praised warming relations with Egypt and its president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted an Islamist government seen as hostile to ties between the neighbors.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants the armed forces and national intelligence agency brought under the control of the presidency, part of a major overhaul of the military after a failed coup.

Five US special operations members were wounded while working with Afghan special forces in an operation to clear areas controlled by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan, the top US military commander in Afghanistan said on July 28.

Turkey on July 27 deepened a crackdown on suspected followers of a U.S.-based cleric it blames for a failed coup, dismissing nearly 1,700 military personnel and shutting 131 media outlets, moves that may spark more concern among its Western allies.