In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Makran holds strategic significance today, but it also boasts a fascinating history. Notably, it was the route taken by ...

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The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced its plans to fill the Pashdan Dam in Herat and build two additional dams ...

"I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had." "But in the process, a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages." ...

WASHINGTON — After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

His approach strained bilateral ties across West Asia, and his dealings with Saudi Arabia, the most important Arab partner of the U.S., led the kingdom to strengthen ties with China and later warm up ...

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist for the newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested in Iran earlier in the month, Italy’s foreign ministry announced on Friday. The arrest took place on Dec. 19 but was only ...

JERUSALEM—President-elect Donald Trump’s slated revival of his maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran coupled with a chronic gas shortage in the nation could be the one ...

Iran’s foreign minister announced on Friday the beginning of a new chapter in the strategic partnership between Iran and China. According to Iran’s official news agency IRNA, Abbas Araghchi ...