Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

In April 1980, President Jimmy Carter authorized Operation Eagle Claw, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the American ...

The United States maintains a vast military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ...

Iran has threatened to target UK, French and US military bases across the Middle East if the help block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack. Both countries have exchanged ...

Social media users have spotted a 'scary’ detail on a Flight Radar map after Qatar temporarily closed its airspace amid missile strikes in the Middle East.

The geopolitical conditions for the Israel-Iran war have been brewing for decades, and the past 20 months have seen a titanic ...

The surprise attack that Israel launched against Iran in the early hours of June 13 initiated one of history’s most ingenious, complex, and successful campaigns. A tiny country, its population ...