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The Middle East is a term of European, chiefly British, origin, with a wide and rather inexact scope. Its maximum definition comprises the countries along the southern and eastern coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea, from Morocco to Turkey, plus Sudan,...

The Middle East is a historical and political region of Afro-Eurasia with no clear boundaries. The term "Middle East" was popularized around 1900 in Britain; it has a loose definition traditionally encompassing countries or regions in Western Asia and...

A rare snowstorm swept the Middle East on Wednesday, blanketing parts of the Holy Land in white, shutting schools and sending excited children into the streets for snowball fights.The weather in Jerusalem topped local newscasts, eclipsing a government report on Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon.Men...

One ceramic bowl contained miniature soldiers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, angels' wings sprouting from their backs. Flowers and butterflies, rather than bullets, barreled from their rifles.Two other bowls sat side by side, symbolizing a two-state solution to the deadly upheaval. Yet another bowl, painted with...

Geopolitics: Was a Russian journalist killed for revealing arms sales to Syria and Iran? And is Syria preparing for war on Israel to aid Tehran if Iran's nuclear facilities are attacked?The suspicious death of Russian journalist Ivan Safronov, who fell to his death from a...

The government of Israel appears to suffer from the same mental and moral dysfunctions that afflict the Bush administration: an urge to wage war without any plausible objectives, any viable plan for disengagement, or any rational assessment of costs and benefits. Israel’s second invasion of...

Over the last century, the Middle East has been a hotbed of ethnic rivalry, political and economic instability, religious conflict, territorial dispute, and war. Much of the friction in the Middle East derives from various interpretations of Islam and...

“There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste. And it’s time that together we occupy a place beyond ourselves, our peoples, that is worthy of ... the descendants of the children of Abraham.” —King Hussein of...

Explores the history of the treatment of women in the middle east. Contrasts the treatment of male and female children.