With tensions continuing to escalate in the Middle East, the United States government has now warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon. This week, Hamas' top political leader was killed in an ...

Ever since U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, the term the “new Middle East” has resurfaced ...

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Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, Newsweek has mapped the political stances of the rest of the region. Russia in particular has been a strong military force in favor of ...

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When Hamas-led militants sprang from Gaza last year, leaving 1,200 people dead in southern Israel and 250 more held hostage in the enclave, it set off a chain of events that has moved the Middle East ...

A Brooklyn public school is under fire after one of its teachers displayed a map showing Middle East geography that left out Israel, angering parents and other New Yorkers across the city, according ...