But its involvement risks deepening sectarian tensions. Israeli troops have seized parts of southern Syria, violating a 1974 ...

He is challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

The Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller on how the latest attacks on Iran have changed the balance of power in the region. For decades, Israel has wanted the support of the US in bombing the ...

The Middle East is undergoing a dramatic realignment—just not the one U.S. and regional leaders envisioned less than two years ago. Before the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, years of ...

A year ago, Israel was struggling—bogged down in Gaza, surrounded by Iranian-backed enemies and under pressure from Washington to stop the fighting. Now, it is reshaping the Middle East on its ...

Many fascinating finds from the Byzantine era still turn up in Asia Minor and the Middle East today. In May, Israeli officials put a 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era mosaic from a Christian monastery ...

“We came, we saw, he died,” then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview. US hubris over Libya faded long ago. But it remains dangerous and impoverished. Trump knows all this.

Donald Trump could remake the Middle East If the coming ceasefire with Iran holds — and that’s a big if — America and its ally Israel will have delivered a decisive blow to a serious and ...

Auction houses, dealers and advisers are betting on the Middle East to play an outsized role in the next art-market turnaround. Despite a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Iran and unstable ...

U.S. airlines, including United Airlines and American Airlines, are suspending flights to parts of the Middle East amid the conflict between Israel and Iran.

The Krasheninnikov volcano sent ash 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) into the sky, according to staff at the Kronotsky Reserve.

Summer Gas Prices Haven’t Been This Low Since 2021 A fragile cease-fire in the Middle East and an oil supply chain without significant disruptions have helped keep gas prices stable.