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

Blasts rang out across a swath of the Middle Eastern republic’s territory, targeting Iran’s nuclear capabilities, military ...

Map: The UK, US and French military bases across the Middle East after Iran threat - Iran says it does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighbouring countries but accuses the US and its ...

The U.S. bombed Iran overnight, raising tensions across the region as attention shifts to how Tehran may retaliate and location of U.S. military in the region.

A MAP of Europe and the Middle East on a scale of 1: 11 million has been published by the Royal Geographical Society on behalf of the British Council. The map is drawn on Murdoch's third conical ...

These Maps Show How the Middle East Conflict Is Spiraling. In the past year the fighting has sprawled from Israel and Gaza to draw in militaries and militias from across the region.

The Soviet Union, which wanted to increase its influence in the Middle East, became a major weapons supplier to these countries. In 1958 Syria and Egypt formed the United Arab Republic.