President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top State Department post overseeing the Middle East said Thursday the US was offering Syria’s interim authorities a “golden opportunity ...

The Soviet Union, which wanted to increase its influence in the Middle East, became a major weapons supplier to these countries. In 1958 Syria and Egypt formed the United Arab Republic.

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.

Redrawing the map: Israel seeks to remake the Middle East to its own design. Following its new attacks on Syria, Israel’s leaders and much of its media tout the creation of a new Middle East.

Map Shows Middle East Alliances: Russia, Iran, Israel, Syria. Published Dec 02, 2024 at 12:40 PM EST. By . ... As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, ...

Middle East A Guide to the Middle East’s Growing Conflicts, in Six Maps Violence from Lebanon to Iraq to the Red Sea all but amounts to an undeclared regional war, with Iran-backed militants ...

“Lake Assad,” a man-made body of water in northern Syria, has been renamed “Revolution Lake” on Google Maps. The lake in northern Syria was completed in 1974 under the rule of Hafez al ...

Four maps that explain the chaos of the Middle East October 17, 2016 Residents inspect a damaged site after an airstrike in the rebel-held al-Qaterji neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 14.

Despite the pandemonium in the Middle East, Sykes-Picot seems to be alive and well. That shouldn’t be surprising. Land borders settled via negotiation, especially when sealed by treaty, tend to be ...

It is about 100 years since the then-imperial powers of Britain and France first demarcated the boundaries between Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Mandate Palestine. Now, it looks like those ...

Above, I've tossed together a map of the countries that we might fairly label U.S. allies in the region (with a couple of caveats). Turkey, Manchin's most surprising omission, is actually a NATO ally.

Now that the commotion of the Cedar Uprising uprising and Syria’s subsequent military withdrawal have settled into the calmer civic ritual of the recent Lebanese elections, the questions remain ...