In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

As part of its provocative and extreme policies towards Middle Eastern countries, Israel published a so-called “historical” ...

Most of the conflicts in the Middle East take place in Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen, but the strings are mostly pulled by ...

Negotiators were trying to clinch agreement on Tuesday on the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... in the Levant because it was created for a people of shared history, tradition, indigeneity and religion. Unfortunately, unlike ...

Bahrain is one of the lesser-known countries in the Middle East, many people can’t find it on a map. It has a much less tumultuous military history than its neighbors, but it occupies a ...

Thanks to the late Jimmy Carter’s tenacity, Israel and Egypt were able to make peace in 1979. His intense personal ...

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the nation has become a battleground for competing hegemons. The United ...

The Obama era in Middle Eastern history has, thankfully, come to an end. Barack Obama’s misguided diplomacy made Iran the de facto master of Syria and Lebanon and massively reinforced Russian ...

"Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian siblings, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time." Information ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

The question now is how Israel will wield its newfound power to write the next chapter of Middle Eastern history. With strategic foresight and bold leadership, Israel has the potential to turn ...