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

Algeria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Syria and Tunisia are hit hardest by Washington's sweeping imposition of duties based ...

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while ...

Power in the Middle East shifted in 2025, with Sunni groups gaining influence while Shiite factions linked to Iran weakened. Political turmoil, economic struggles, and escalating conflicts—especially ...

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 ...

But the fact that not even a minimum consensus was reached shows how divided international society ... civilians living in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The conference was set to address ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships ...

Trump administration officials are struggling to find a unified response over leaked texts discussing Middle East war plans.

(credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revised Middle East map at the September ... Syria’s current power structure is divided among three major factions ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Opinions in the Kurdistan Region remain divided on the uprising’s outcome. Some view it as the liberation of Iraqi Kurdistan, while others believe it has fallen short of its goals. Click here ...