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Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle ...

A Brooklyn public school is under fire after one of its teachers displayed a map showing Middle East geography that left out Israel, angering parents and other New Yorkers across the city, according ...

One actor with an eye on Iraq's ongoing violence is Turkey. For more on Turkey's complex relationship with Iraq, as well as its interests in Iraqi... In Support For Kurds, Does Turkey Hope For A ...