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

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... out of the remains of the defunct Ottoman Empire. Ethnic, religious and topographical considerations were ignored or minimized.

By leveraging Turkey military power economic influence and ideological appeal Erdogan seeks to position Ankara as the lynchpin of a new regional order The fall of Bashar al-Assad regime not only marks ...

At a time when many millions of Christians around the world continue to be vulnerable to attacks by religious bigots and extremists, it is encouraging that in the modern-day State of Israel, where ...

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Jimmy Carter was arguably the most enigmatic president of America’s post-World War II era. He died on Sunday afternoon in ...

Jerusalem does not belong to Turkey. Aspirations to re-create a neo-Ottoman colonial empire are nothing more than a dystopian ...

The rebels capturing Damascus marked a turning point for Syria, which had been shattered by more than 13 years of war which ...

We look back at the best-read stories on the Hotelier website throughout the past year. The 10 hospitality stories that ...