Assad’s Ba’athist government is the culmination of a thirteen-year civil war. Key global trends fed into Syria’s suffering: ...

The appointment fills a key economic role and comes as the United States and Europe look for a commitment to women’s rights ...

Destruction aimed at depopulating region, forcing residents to relocate to south for essential medical care, Israeli ...

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

In these difficult times, the voice of the late Palestinian-American scholar, Edward Said is ever present, “Writing is the ...

Middle East and North Africa, marked by devastating wars and the dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria.

Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war ...

As the U.S. Census Bureau gets public feedback about how it should tally people into new race and ethnicity groups, the ...