What began as a fight over a canal spiraled into a global showdown. The Suez Crisis revealed the cracks in old empires—and reshaped the modern Middle East.

A canal, a nationalist, and two fading empires—when Nasser seized the Suez, the world teetered on the edge of war.

Abdel-Moneim Said is disappointed with the current state of the Arab-Israeli conflict ...

Israel has refused to renew visas for the directors of three United Nations Agencies operating in Gaza where they provide aid ...

The leaders of the UAE extend congratulations to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the anniversary of the July 23 ...

Queen Elizabeth II met 13 American presidents. A new book, "The Queen and Her Presidents," looks at how she skillfully ...

Our unfortunate history is that we too often buckle under pressure and suffer enormous, terrible consequences. We need to ...

To this day, the fastest bomber on the face of the Earth is a North American design, even though it never actually took to ...

Head of Zeus, part of Bloomsbury Publishing, has acquired The Promised Land: The History of Modern Israel by Adam LeBor.

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a young Egyptian army officer, was surrounded by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in the “Faluja Pocket.” Along with other Egyptian units, his brigade was cut off ...

In 1967, Israel launched a surprise attack against its Arab neighbours, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, destroying their air forces ...