The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Will Syria be different? 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.

Unconcerned with casualties, Netanyahu’s talk of “changing the face of the Middle East” has found ready echoes across much of the Israeli media. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

While the main opposition forces have seized Damascus, the rest of Syria is under the control of numerous other factions.