The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since. The San Remo Conference in 1920 codified colonial interests out of the remains of ...

Ladies and gentlemen say hello to the New Middle East. No, it’s not a new Middle East in the way former president and inveterate dreamer Shimon Peres envisioned when he coined the phrase in the ...

When the International Monetary Fund chief visited Cairo last month, she found herself staring at Egypt in the form of a huge woven wall map ... about preserving Middle East stability, well ...

ABU DHABI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Middle East envoy warned on Monday during a visit to the region it would "not be a pretty day" if the hostages held in Gaza were not released before the ...

In September, Israel's military covertly dismantled an Iranian-funded underground missile production facility in Syria, involving over 100 commandos in the operation. The site was targeted due to ...

The rebels may gain momentum and extend their ambitions beyond Syria, potentially affecting the entire Middle East.

But the abrupt end to the rule of the authoritarian leader so explicitly backed by Xi only last year has dealt a blow to China's diplomatic ambitions in the Middle East and exposed the limits of ...

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