This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

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 ...

Middle East Eye spoke to several Jewish activists ... to a colonial project that would operate on behalf of the British Empire and other then-powerful empires. The Holocaust drove a traumatised ...

Racehorse billionaire and Islamic spiritual leader the Aga Khan died on Tuesday aged 88, leaving millions of followers in ...

While the statement has shocked many, it aligns with Israel’s long-standing expansionist policies, backed by Western allies ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world ... was discovered in the Middle East and it was acquired by the British Museum in 1882.

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

In Saudi Arabia, the official language spoken is Arabic. However, as a former protectorate of the British Empire, English is widely spoken and is a compulsory second language in schools. Saudi Arabia ...

At a recent lecture hosted by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Yasir Suleiman, professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge guided the audience through the ...

Britain took control of the area known as Palestine in World War One, following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled that part of the Middle East ... The British said the rights ...

Happy birthday, Michigan! The Mitten State was granted statehood on Jan. 26, 1837 — 188 years ago today. But many chapters of ...