Over the last 15 years, the Middle East has been racked by war, destruction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of ...

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Chaos theory, originally a mathematical concept, describes systems so sensitive to initial conditions that even the smallest perturbations can lead to vastly different outcomes—an idea often called ...

While some countries – Egypt and Tunisia – became democracies, albeit briefly, others, like Yemen, Libya and Syria, descended into violence. One of the most pressing questions when considering ...

Syria's new administration does not seek bloodshed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the country's Kurdish population, de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday.

Global aviation carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1% in 2023 because planes had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian ...