Oman and Qatar were leading efforts to begin ceasefire talks, while mediators said Iran was open to resuming nuclear ...

Israel’s attacks on Iran renewed fears of war between the countries and immediately threatened the region’s economy.

During his visit to the Middle East in May, U.S. President Donald Trump did several things that few would have predicted ...

The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and ...

The outline of the U.S. offer to Iran in their high-stakes negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program is starting to become ...

Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to ...

Created in 1890, the United States Board of Geographic Names (USBGN ... of Hormuz and the entrance to the Persian Gulf’ and ‘the Persian Gulf – Iran – Bushehr to the Shatt al-Arab’. On the basis of ...

In today's Arab press, the Persian Gulf is usually referred to as Al-Khaleej ... route and has seen many disputes between Arab states and Iran. In 1970, a journalist from the French monthly ...

Fears that Persian Gulf states could become a back door to Chinese ... interest in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Arab leaders seek regional stability and foreign investment.

across the Gulf of Oman from Iran and bordering on both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Oman has repeatedly acted as a diplomatic intermediary and venue for discussions between Iran and the ...

Israel-Iran flare-up is the latest in a series of conflicts Iran has seen since the establishment of the Islamic republic ...

China is already deepening ties with Southeast Asia and Middle East, and may even be paving way for a powerful new ‘Asian Union’, analysts say.