1+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (301+ words) Amid war within its borders and elsewhere, Lebanon officially ends the death penalty, setting an example for a region that often resorts to violence. Aug. 12, 2026, 3:35 p.m. ET Change in the Middle East often comes more from violence than from virtue. So…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (233+ words) New legislation paves the way to end ethnic conflict and reintegrate Turkey's Kurdish separatists. Even as details are ironed out, the law positions this NATO member to play a stabilizing role in a restive region. Aug. 11, 2026, 3:45 p.m. ET In a region…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (233+ words) New legislation paves the way to end ethnic conflict and reintegrate Turkey's Kurdish separatists. Even as details are ironed out, the law positions this NATO member to play a stabilizing role in a restive region. Aug. 11, 2026, 3:45 p.m. ET In a region…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (905+ words) Palestinian Salem al-Hathaleen stands on his doorstep in Um al-Kheir, a West Bank village. The area around the shepherd's house has been declared a closed military zone by the Israeli army. By Dina Kraft, Special correspondent Um al-Kheir, West Bank…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1148+ words) July 15, 2026, 5:36 p.m. ET | Damascus, Syria If Syria’s interim government wanted to project safety and stability, over the last two weeks, it has struggled with signs that the unrest that has plagued the fringes of the country might be reaching the capital....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (316+ words) The armed conflict in Iran has pushed the overseas opposition groups toward self-reflection and some unity, especially in plans to avoid revenge violence if the Islamic Republic falls. Iranian men use their phones after a reported reopening of international internet…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1389+ words) May 26, 2026, 4:48 p.m. ET | Abu Dhabi, UAE; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Amman, Jordan The Middle East is lurching between hope and apprehension over a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end the conflict, as new strikes, threats of retaliation, and leaks from the talks…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1496+ words) April 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m. ET | Tyre and Beirut, Lebanon Displaced by war but hungry for home, Faiz Hilal’s family squeezed into their decades-old car and drove from relative safety in eastern Lebanon to their apartment near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (327+ words) Saturday, for the first time in two decades, residents of a central Gaza city are heading to the polls to vote. Municipal elections there are seen as a step toward self-governance and Palestinian unity, symbolically linking the Gaza Strip and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (361+ words) April 23, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET | Washington Iran’s nuclear program is the main reason U.S. President Donald Trump said he had to attack the country on Feb. 28. Resolution of the dispute over that program could help move the two sides beyond a ceasefire and…...