Israel has joined the many countries in the Middle East which all travel is advised against and high caution is recommended ...

From ancient gods to a wandering gazelle and a slow-moving stream, there are some intriguing (and possibly false) stories behind many of the names of countries and territories in the Middle East.

A MAP of Europe and the Middle East on a scale of 1: 11 million ... No submarine relief is shown: water is blue. Names of countries and principal rivers and towns are in black.

Almost seven years ago, I wrote a cover story for this magazine about the coming collapse of the post-World War I Middle East map. I conducted ... up of Sudan into two countries (although we ...

Map: The UK, US and French military bases across the Middle East after Iran threat - Iran says it does not want its conflict ...

Almost every Gulf state has recently upgraded its partnerships with China and other Asian countries. Amid these continual and growing transregional connections, however, U.S. foreign policy remains ...

Violence in Iraq has many wondering if the map of the Middle East is being redrawn before ... in the autonomous region in the north of the country. Most are Sunni Muslims. Kurds are not Arabs.

The following maps help highlight ... while those in more stable countries were the only ones to survive. In the 1940s and 1950s, the endurance of monarchies in the Middle East was inseparable ...