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.

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rather than a whole new civil war and a redrawing of the lines on the map between Arabs, Kurds and other factions,” said Charles Lister, director of the Syria program at the Middle East Institute.

Security sources have stated that Israeli forces in Syria have reached the southern city of Qatana, around 16 miles from Damascus.

When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would eventually culminate in the ouster of the brutal Assad regime, Christians were given assurances that their ...

New research has found a turtle might be the oldest religious symbol to be worshiped by a society in the Middle East. In Manot Cave in Western Galilee, Israel, researchers have found evidence of ...

We as a church must work towards this healing. Many see the war in the Middle East as a religious conflict. But the truth is more complex. Can religions not provide an impetus for peace and ...

New research has found a turtle might be the oldest religious symbol to be worshiped by a society in the Middle East. In Manot Cave in Western Galilee, Israel, researchers have found evidence of human ...