the Middle East 40 maps that explain the Middle East by Max Fisher on March 26, 2015. ... Lebanon is divided among large communities of Sunnis, Shias, Christians, ...

I conducted the reporting for the story, which we eventually called “After Iraq: What Will the Middle East Look Like,” in the fall of 2007—pre-Obama, pre-Arab Spring, pre-a lot of things ...

Despite the pandemonium in the Middle East, Sykes-Picot seems to be alive and well. ... The Middle East’s Durable Map Rumors of Sykes-Picot’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated Steven Simon August 26, ...

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.

UNHCR // Click to Expand. 2. THE MIDDLE EAST'S MANY ETHNIC GROUPS. While the majority of individuals in many Middle Eastern countries are Arab, the region has ethnic and religious diversity to spare.

In Washington’s ongoing debate about the cause of the continuing chaos in the Middle East, President George W. Bush stands condemned for the 2003 intervention that pushed Iraq into civil war ...

Much has been made of how European imperial powers reshaped the Middle East after World War I, a transformation often said to have begun 100 years ago this week when France and Britain signed the ...