Middle East

It has been an especially grim time for refugees fleeing unrest and terror in the Middle East and Africa, and seeking to enter Europe.

With billions of dollars for Afghanistan reconstruction unaccounted for, there is a strong possibility that the US is repeating its military mistakes of old.

Ten years after Israel's purported “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel still controls Gaza's borders, coastline and airspace.

Chomsky wades through the spin and speechifying to offer a frank assessment of threats in the Middle East.

Iran's no democratic paradise, but Washington's Saudi allies are even worse.

How is it that the firebombing of a toddler by right-wing Israeli terrorists was upstaged in international concern by the senseless killing of Cecil the lion?

Three prominent policy analysts share perspectives on the true aims of the US-led invasion of Iraq and the ongoing crisis.

Washington's rapprochement with Iran has opened the door for major realignments from Israel to Afghanistan.

Netanyahu has pledged to find those who burned Ali Dawabsha to death, but he continues to throw Palestinians out of their homes.

For the first time in decades, the two major powers in the Middle East have opened the door to relations.