Iran has threatened to target UK, French and US military bases across the Middle East if the help block the Iranian missile ... The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking news brand, providing ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ...

When Hamas-led militants sprang from Gaza last year, leaving 1,200 people dead in southern Israel and 250 more held hostage in the enclave, it set off a chain of events that has moved the Middle ...

Trump's Middle East moves may be part of a strategy to revive the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor, a major infrastructure project designed to bypass China ...

Map Tracks US Aircraft Carrier Heading Toward Middle East. Published May 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM EDT ... It was not clear whether its sister ship, the Carl Vinson, remained in the Middle East.

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.

Some pro-Palestinian commenters on social media have described the map as one that describes only Arabic-speaking countries in the region. “The map says the ‘Arab World’ because it describes the ...

In late September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heralded a prosperous and connected “New Middle East.” But it turns out the “old” Middle East was impossible to bury.

With tensions continuing to escalate in the Middle East, the United States government has now warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon. The crisis in the region has been intensifying since the ...

Qatar, across the Persian Gulf from Iran, hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. Nearby Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates also host American bases, as does Djibouti, an ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ...