Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since. The San Remo Conference in 1920 codified colonial interests out of the remains of ...

The New Political Map of the Middle East Patrick Cockburn. President Obama is lucky in his opponents, particularly when it comes to explaining why America’s influence is waning in the Middle East.

Iranians take part in a protest against the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, in Palestine Square in Tehran, on July 31, 2024. Tensions are rising in the Middle East.

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 eth… ...