U.S. forces already have a large presence in the Middle East. Now, more ships and aircraft are on their way as tensions with ...

The makers of the modern Middle East roped together peoples of different ethnicities and faiths (or streams of the same faith) in what were meant to be modern, multicultural, and multi ...

The Israeli military is widening its area of control into large parts of the Gaza Strip, the country's defense chief says. Meanwhile, Germany announced that some of its citizens have left the ...

Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

Despite the pandemonium in the Middle East, Sykes-Picot seems to be alive and well. That shouldn’t be surprising. Land borders settled via negotiation, especially when sealed by treaty, tend to be ...

With its convoluted history and ever-shifting borders, the Middle East isn’t an area that can be easily understood through words alone. Vox’s Max Fisher recognized this and compiled a treasure ...

Uncredited/Associated Press 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.

At the U.N. General Assembly in September, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brandished a map titled “The New Middle East” and asserted that Israel’s ties with Arab states were ...

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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.

Warnings between Israeli and Iranian officials have intensified in nature as fears mount throughout the Middle East and beyond over the possibility of a larger-scale conflict erupting due to ...

Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.