Tensions are rising in the Middle East. Iranians take part in a protest against the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, in Palestine Square in Tehran, on July 31, 2024.

A pair of Japan-based U.S. destroyers has been operating in the Indian Ocean over the past month, as the Pentagon is enhancing its military presence in the nearby Middle East. A spokesperson for ...

Will Syria be different? 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.

The Pentagon is preparing to send more troops and aircraft to the region. This is an overview of the U.S. military presence there. U.S. Naval deployments this week Long-term U.S. military bases ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since. The San Remo Conference in 1920 codified colonial interests out of the remains of ...