Just as recent political dynamics have rendered the old map of the Middle East obsolete, so have large-scale social changes. From the 1950s through the 1980s, the mass migration of laborers from ...

Across the Middle East, and into south-central Asia, the intrinsically artificial qualities of several states have been brought into focus by the omnivorous American response to the attacks of 9/ ...

Violence in Iraq has many wondering if the map of the Middle East is being redrawn before the world's eyes. If so, Iraqi Kurds might stand to gain, with an independent Kurdistan finally within reach.

the Middle East 40 maps that explain the Middle East by Max Fisher on March 26, 2015. ... Some sailed as far as the British Isles, and many of them set up colonies in North Africa, Spain, Sicily, ...

Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

Archaeologists have unearthed Tharais, a mystery Christian settlement in the Middle East that has been hidden away for ...

A MAP of Europe and the Middle East on a scale of 1: 11 million has been published by the Royal Geographical Society on behalf of the British Council. The map is drawn on Murdoch's third conical ...

ISIS redraws the map of the Middle East 02:56 Editor’s Note: Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and many other strife-torn countries.

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Donald Trump is the only person in the world who has enough leverage to break us out of this cycle.” Times Opinion writer ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.

Follow his route along the Silk Road, through the Middle East, ... Tracing Marco Polo’s Route: From Venice to the Far East on a Map. Posted: June 8, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025.