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, ...

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 ...

This historic pact is being praised across the Middle East and has the potential to transform Syria. The reasons for this are complex and relate to the history of the Syrian civil war, so it is ...

A new order is emerging in the Middle East. For decades, Iran wielded influence across the region by cultivating a network of proxies that created instability in several Arab countries, from Lebanon ...

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 ...

Some call it the end of the post-war order. Others, a grand realignment. Regardless of how it's defined, the Middle East faces a new paradigm: what happens when the US stops viewing Russia as a ...

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 ...

The Middle East is rapidly becoming a focal point in the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. With ambitious national strategies, significant investments, and a growing tech-savvy ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Palestinians reacted to the Arab move to endorse Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow ...

The 91-page plan, shared with Middle East Eye by officials ahead of the extraordinary Arab summit, proposes a new urban character for Gaza’s post-war architecture, blending Palestinian heritage ...