It has begun to create what it intends to be indefinite “buffer zones” on four fronts: in Gaza, on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, and in the West Bank (see map). Map: The Economist The ...

Benjamin Netanyahu keeps saying, We have succeeded in changing the face of the region. So, has the change happened, and what is next? </ ...

In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries ...

Recent years have seen deepening crises, reshaping power dynamics and even an ongoing genocide in the Middle East, with peace ...

or see the maps in the back of most good "Study Bibles." Notes: Since borders frequently shifted, there are some differences between the political geography at the time of the birth of Jesus (ca.

Pilot Akseli Meskanen's cockpit is warning him that his Airbus A330 passenger plane is about to crash into the ground... But ...

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade As we move towards the height of the media frenzy over the Erdogan-Imamoglu showdown in Turkey, it ...

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkish police have been beating protesters black and blue since the detention of Istanbul mayor ...

The choice of cabinet officials was seen as a litmus test for whether the rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad would deliver on ...

Three months after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria is at a crossroads, the top U.N. envoy for the country says ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was ...