In Washington’s ongoing debate about the cause of the continuing chaos in the Middle East, President George W. Bush stands condemned for the 2003 intervention that pushed Iraq into civil war ...

Across the Middle East, and into south-central Asia, the intrinsically artificial qualities of several states have been brought into focus by the omnivorous American response to the attacks of 9/ ...

Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

UNHCR // Click to Expand 2. THE MIDDLE EAST'S MANY ETHNIC GROUPS While the majority of individuals in many Middle Eastern countries are Arab, the region has ethnic and religious diversity to spare.

Much has been made of how European imperial powers reshaped the Middle East after World War I, a transformation often said to have begun 100 years ago this week when France and Britain signed the ...

Violence in Iraq has many wondering if the map of the Middle East is being redrawn before the world's eyes. If so, Iraqi Kurds might stand to gain, with an independent Kurdistan finally within reach.

A MAP of Europe and the Middle East on a scale of 1: 11 million has been published by the Royal Geographical Society on behalf of the British Council. The map is drawn on Murdoch's third conical ...

Today's Middle East is an artificial creation; Israel, Jordan, Iran and Iraq came into being when lines were drawn on a map. Michael's guest is Tarek Osman, host of the BBC Radio 4 series, "The ...

The Issue: A map in a classroom in Brooklyn that showed Israel labeled as “Palestine.” Just consider: A map of the Middle East with Israel erased (“DOE map zap,” Jan. 14).

More on: Middle East and North Africa This publication is now archived.What is the "road map?"A U.S.-backed peace proposal first floated in 2002, the road map sets a series of bench… ...

The above map from Morgan Stanley illustrates why Iraq is crucial to the Middle East amid flaring sectarian tensions. Iran is 91% Shia, Iraq is 66% Shia, Syria is 16% Shia, and Lebanon is 30% Shia.