This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

White House disagreements with Israel have more to do with the president’s agenda than a long-term divergence, analysts say.

Holding nearly 70% of the world’s known oil reserves, the Middle East became indispensable to the global economy. Oil fuels industry, powers transportation, drives agriculture, and supports the ...

This is not the first time the US president has proposed a takeover of the region, currently at the center of Israel's war on Hamas.

Decision season starts Thursday for the Supreme Court, kicking off a race against the clock to release this term’s opinions ...

There’s more to Donald Trump’s Middle East trip than billion-dollar contracts, parades of camels and a storm back home over ...

A museum educator for the Museum of the City of New York with a background in Islamic studies, Dandia draws from both his ...

The U.S. president is nothing if not unpredictable, and he may find himself drawn into day-after planning for Gaza and ...

Israel says its recent strikes and incursions in Syria are to protect the Druze religious group. Some in the community welcome it, but some say they're being used to further Israel's political goals.

The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, ...

Three Catholic religious communities that were forced to evacuate from their properties on Wednesday were also able to return on Thursday, said Farid Jubran, spokesperson for the Latin Patriarchate.