Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created ...

Here’s some background information about the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Facts Haditha is a city on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight US Marines faced charges ...

Chevron replaces Russian firms in key Iraqi oil fields, taking over West Qurna 2 and major new developments after U.S.

As Bill Carter writes, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert et al adroitly met the moment Monday night, commenting on the war with Iran with sensitivity but also pointed barbs.

President Donald Trump faces decisions on military action against Iran, with lessons from the 1991 Gulf War's premature ...

I had one of those unexpectedly meaningful encounters this week. My girlfriend and I were at Methodist Hospital. While I was with the doctor, she went downstairs for peanuts and came back saying, ...

Remarks invoking ‘Greater Israel’ have reignited a fundamental debate over Israel’s borders, legitimacy, and political future ...

In a now viral Interview, right-wing gadfly Tucker Carlson tacked the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, on a Bible question, “What are the boundaries of Israel?” Carlson: “So let’s go through ...

Recent US and Israeli comments on ‘Greater Israel’ trigger regional concerns over sovereignty and territorial expansion.

Mike Huckabee managed to set off alarm bells around the world when he said it “would be fine” if Israel annexed land from the ...

The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

An AI-generated promotional video has sparked anger across Iraq after depicting the country's most celebrated poet, Muhammad ...