Here’s a look at that history: 1947-48 With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into what became Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

Bloody conflict between the two peoples goes back more than a century. Under the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region within the republic of Azerbaijan.

After conflict throughout the 1990s and escalation between India and Pakistan at the end of the decade, Kashmir became one of the most militarized areas in the world.

After a regional war in 1971 that led to the creation of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India decided to revisit the unsolved issue of Kashmir. In December 1972, the countries announced that they had ...

An estimated 3 million people are killed in the conflict. 1972 — India and Pakistan sign a peace accord, renaming the ceasefire line in Kashmir as the Line of Control.

Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran was a monarchy under the Pahlavi dynasty, with Reza Shah (1925–1941) remembered as a respected modernizer who fostered ties with nations like Israel and ...

The conflict between Iran and Israel, once relegated to the shadows, has escalated yet again. On June 13, explosions rocked Tehran as Israel carried out a major attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

And so it goes after the brief but bruising conflict between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan with both sides loudly talking up their successes while quietly down-playing losses.