A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-east Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 2,300 people and wounding thousands more.. The Middle East has suffered a large number of ...

To those who know the Middle East, such thoughts make little sense. They are hogwash.

The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decades long series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.

In September 2023, the Israeli prime minister presented a map titled “The New Middle East”, which seemed to erase Palestine by incorporating the West Bank and Gaza as part of Israel.

On Sept. 22, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the U.N. General Assembly with a map of “The New Middle East,” extolling the blessings it would bring. Reread a month later, however, ...

Sign it and let's change history!" It was 2008. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was imploring the Palestinian leader to accept a deal he believed could have brought peace to the Middle East.

Various countries and cities already had their own Falafel festivals and events, but it wasn't until recent years that the concept of an internationally recognized day dedicated solely to Falafel ...

The Obama era in Middle Eastern history has, thankfully, come to an end. Barack Obama ’s misguided diplomacy made Iran the de facto master of Syria and Lebanon and massively reinforced Russian ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China , and ...