Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

Middle East was in a state of relative peace, but Israel faced a series of daunting threats: Hamas was intact and ruled Gaza, ...

The geopolitical conditions for the Israel-Iran war have been brewing for decades, and the past 20 months have seen a titanic ...

The currents of imperialism, ethnonationalism and racism that pervaded Nazi Germany have found firm ground in present-day ...

Iran ceasefire holds—good for Donald Trump. But how about he turns his attention to the war that Israel is still waging ...

Domestic politics has taken center stage in the United States as Congress struggles to pass President Donald Trump’s proposed ...

ANDREW P. MILLER is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and was U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for ...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and others in the region have sought closer relations with Iran over recent years in ...

In the shifting sands of Middle Eastern politics, the United States has long played the role of security guarantor, protecting key Arab states while safeguarding the military superiority of its ...

Explore the evolving dynamics of the Middle East as Israel emerges as a dominant power amidst ongoing conflicts.

Armed vigilante groups who take it upon themselves to police the border – often violently, and outside the law. They have ...

"There is probably no place on the planet so politically volatile as the Middle East. I don’t even pretend to know how to ...