DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

The ramped-up U.S. attacks against the Yemen-based Houthis are possible in part due to an extensive military footprint in the ...

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The Middle East faces deep economic crises, with high unemployment, inflation, debt, and food shortages exacerbated by conflict and poor governance. The World Bank warns the region lags behind, ...

Equally unsettling was the map of the Middle East in the national ... called Dura-Europos perched high above the Euphrates River east of Damascus along the Iraqi border. Back in the 1920s, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Palestinians mourn over the bodies of their relatives killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Netzarim ...

If the primary goal of the Trump administration is to quickly address issues in the Middle East and prevent further wars and instability, placing additional pressure on Arab countries might ...

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the Israel-Hamas cease-fire over Gaza came together ...

with the Euphrates river in the center and Babylon situated on the northern half of the map. The map was discovered on the east bank of the Euphrates and was translated in 1889. Unfortunately, the ...

A man was reported missing from East Windsor over the weekend and police said a car belonging to the man was found in the Connecticut River in Chicopee, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Daniel Callahan ...

The system, with over 200 major canals and 4,000 smaller ones, was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals using satellite imagery and geological mapping.

(credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revised Middle East map at the September 2024 UN General Assembly, underscoring the Kurds’ critical role in the region.