Now, as in 1967, Israel has redrawn the map of the Middle East. The Jewish state has again asserted itself as the Middle East’s preeminent military power and a linchpin of the U.S.’s global ...

“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said June 19. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater ...

The U.S. bombed Iran overnight, raising tensions across the region as attention shifts to how Tehran may retaliate and location of U.S. military in the region.

Israel was stunned by a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that day, Israel has delivered devastating blows to rivals and has reconfigured the Middle East.

Fears of regional war in the Middle East persist even after the Israel-Iran ceasefire NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michael Wahid Hanna of ... And so without an agreement firmly governing what ...