For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took a dig at the US President's attempts to "redraw the map of the world" by renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

Despite his mercurial style, we probably can tell a lot about the new Donald Trump administration’s approach to Rojava (the ...

The Iranian military has the capability to blockade the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, says Iran's naval commander.

Trump suggested striking a "verified nuclear peace agreement" with Iran, adding in his social media post that Tehran "cannot ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

The region is quite dynamic, with an intense flurry of diplomatic activity. The Middle East, and specifically Palestine, dominates the agenda. There are areas of convergence and divergence between ...

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...