The map below shows the location of Jerusalem and Damascus. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

He would return to Israel every so often to see friends and family. According to people who know him, Maman was evasive when ...

A few weeks later, Mr al-Shaibani resurfaced in Damascus in the cabinet of Syria ... will resume flights to Syria on January 23rd. Map: The Economist As a result of offensives Mr Erdogan launched ...

In November 2017, after a lengthy meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Donald Trump boasted that he and Xi can solve “probably all” the world’s problems. Today, he believes he alone can solve ...

Syria’s newly appointed interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for his first foreign trip since ...

Why the Rafah entry was delayed, where the heavy bombs withheld by the White House are located, and how Jerusalem persuaded ...

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

The Israeli military blew up at least 20 buildings in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday, staging controlled demolitions ...

Netanyahu is the first foreign leader invited to the White House under Trump, and the two will need to work out how to advance the Gaza ceasefire.