In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s ...

Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of vicious anti-immigrant policies, I visited a refugee ...

This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some ...

Until recently the most that people tended to know about cold and sparsely populated Greenland is that it is not small and ...

Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military operations are often tied in with internal security or even tribal ...

Donald Trump’s breathtaking plan for the US to takeover Gaza stunned the world and ripped up the foreign policy status quo in ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

This depiction includes significant portions of modern-day Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, sparking widespread condemnation from Arab nations who view it as an affront to their sovereignty. The map ...

The 'Greater Israel' map includes significant portions of modern-day Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, sparking widespread condemnation from Arab nations who view it as an affront to their sovereignty.

The Abraham Peace Accords consist of multiple agreements signed between Israel and several Arab states which encourage a ...

The tomb may be hidden beneath the streets of modern-day Alexandria ... "It was our last day at the site, and we were ready to end the season," she said. "But then we found the sculpture. It was kind ...