In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Most of the conflicts in the Middle East take place in Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen, but the strings are mostly pulled by ...

Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...

A bus trip to Baghdad in the late 1950s began Dr. Marr’s path to become one of the leading American experts on Iraq.

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

The hostages-for-ceasefire deal proves the U.S. — and Trump — are key to bringing Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab world ...

In this provocative book, both witty and profoundly serious, he provides a human-scale history of the causes and consequences of rising temperatures in the Middle East.

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been confirmed by the United States and Qatar, pausing the devastating ...

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It coincided with the imminent inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump on 20 January, adding urgency to the ...