Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...

In the Middle East, Trump has lavished support on Israel ... Thucydides’ fifth century B.C. history of the war between Athens and Sparta includes a famous debate over the use of military ...

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

The American University of Beirut (AUB) has long served as a hub of Arab national and cultural identity. Throughout the twentieth century, scores of Middle Eastern politicians and intellectuals ...

Officials from President Trump’s administration this month demanded that Columbia place its Middle East studies department ...

Lawrence Wright likes Big Subjects. Whether in nonfiction or novels, he tackles the 300-pounder fearlessly. That was true in his excellent “Going Clear,” an exhaustively reported takedown of L. Ron ...

Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, saying it is hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in ...