When Hamas-led militants sprang from Gaza last year, leaving 1,200 people dead in southern Israel and 250 more held hostage ...

Donald Trump will return to the U.S. presidency at a time of unprecedented conflict and uncertainty in the Middle East. He has vowed to fix it. But Trump's history of strong support for Israel coupled ...

the Arabian Peninsula and broader Middle East lie at the junction of "four map sheets," as the British used to say. It has been a central theater of great power competition for centuries.

High in the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists have mapped the footprints of two medieval cities that thrived along the ...

If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high on his agenda. During his first four years, Trump made history by ...

In the weeks that followed, however, the Middle East was racked by escalating conflict. Israel—which was already in the middle of a nearly year-long invasion of Gaza—assassinated the Hezbollah ...

Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only ...

Residents had to dig through rubble in search of their neighbors after the main emergency service in Gaza said it had stopped operations in the north because it had come under Israeli attacks ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

The meeting comes while the region prepares for incoming US President Donald Trump to take office. Information ...