Al-Ain speculates that Trump might encourage a meeting between Israel’s Prime Minister and the new Syrian president. It is ...

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the ...

the Middle East 40 maps that explain the Middle East by Max Fisher on March 26, 2015. Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, ... Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating in Syria and throughout the Middle East. Some changes are already apparent. Syrians who fled the country's vicious civil war years ago are ...

In Washington’s ongoing debate about the cause of the continuing chaos in the Middle East, President George W. Bush stands condemned for the 2003 intervention that pushed Iraq into civil war ...

Turkey is expected to play a major role in Syria’s reconstruction. Estimates from 2017 indicated that rebuilding two million homes and restoring basic infrastructure would cost up to $360bn.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that President Donald Trump ordered the full withdrawal of U.S. troops in northern Syria, a move clearing the way for President Bashar Assad's ...

“Russia put far too much capital in Assad and the loss of Syria would be an even bigger loss as its broader status as a great power and its ability to maneuver in the Middle East.” Turkey ...

Djibouti has remained neutral on the war, as one of the Middle Eastern countries furthest from the conflict. Israel, which has a northern border with Syria, also remains neutral.

The above map from Morgan Stanley illustrates why Iraq is crucial to the Middle East amid flaring sectarian tensions. Iran is 91% Shia, Iraq is 66% Shia, Syria is 16% Shia, and Lebanon is 30% Shia.

Syrians living in Turkey celebrate after rebels announced that they have ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, in Istanbul, 8 December (Reuters/Dilara Senkaya) ...