Since the Arab world broke away from the Ottoman Empire and appeared on the political stage in the early 20th century, the ...

Map of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, regarding the apportionment of postwar spheres of interest in the Ottoman Empire to Britain, France and Russia. Credit - Pictures From History/Universal Images Group ...

In the early 20th century, another New York mogul eyed control of the area for U.S. and other foreign interests ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lahur Talabany, co-leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, is seen during an interview with Reuters in Sulaymaniyah, ...

With Palestinian history censored by the Israeli occupation, youth programs preserve collective memory through traditional ...

As the first quarter of the 21st century comes to an end, Mohamed Aboul-Ghar, a prominent physician and intellectual, reflects on books that caught his attention over the past 25 years.

Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee the Hamad City neighbourhood of Khan Younis after the Israeli army dropped ...

Four icons, four refusals: Nigella Lawson, David Bowie, Rudyard Kipling and John Cleese all rejected a title - Scott McNaughton/The Age/Getty; Dave Hogan/Getty; Culture Club/Getty; Rii Schroer Is it ...

As Marxists and leftists, we must approach such issues with scientific rationality. We must study local, regional, and ...

"In the region, if a person is not armed, no one takes him into account." - Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabani, Leader of the People’s Front The power struggle to control what is now called Iraqi Kurdistan ...

In many ways Israel’s war on Gaza, which has inflicted one of the worst ravages against a civilian population in recent history, and its other far-reaching ferocious onslaughts in the region have ...