The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

In the annals of modern Middle Eastern history, few documents have cast a longer or darker shadow than the Sykes-Picot ...

Charts the successive transformations of the Middle East; details the forces that have shaped the history of the region: the Islamic religion and legal system; the traditions of government; the ...

Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next.

One such effort was the Tripartite Agreement, signed in Damascus on 28 December 1985 by Nabih Berri, leader of the Shia Amal ...

Future conflicts may be decoupled from oil shocks, giving Western powers more freedom to engage politically in the region without immediate energy security concerns.