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

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 ...

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

President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip in his second term took him back to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he spoke about the bright economic future of the Middle East and the United States.

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict did not have to be the way it has been. And perhaps this means it does not have to be this ...

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, ...