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

The Middle East and North Africa is not only magnet for tourists, the region also offers a wide range of vibrant and dynamic cultural events for arts enthusiasts. From large music festivals in Morocco ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas.

The Israeli military has struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Lebanese authorities say that at least four people ...

Amira El-Fekki is a Newsweek reporter based in Dubai. Her focus is reporting on politics and society in the Middle East. She has in depth knowledge of Arab communities and has covered human rights ...

Beyond Israel and Iran, Trump has focused his interests outside the Middle East. At the same time, however, some of the recent shifts could usher in significant changes. The fall of the Assad ...

(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.

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock ... March 9 at 4:08 p.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is ...

Image: DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his ...

In a seemingly unprecedented fashion, the incoming administration deployed its negotiators, with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at the helm, to work alongside Biden's team in a move viewed by ...

“Nobody will rule Gaza without Hamas’ agreement,” Qossay Hamed, an expert on Hamas and academic at Al-Quds Open University in Ramallah, told Middle East Eye. “It doesn't mean that Hamas ...