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The Middle East

Gain a better understanding of the Middle East with these articles on news, politics, issues, culture, media, and more.

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Iraqi President Barham Salih shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron
Is Iraq a Democracy?
Impacts of the Iraq War on the Middle East
Arab Spring Impact on the Middle East
  • Thousands of people march in the streets during a protest against the rising cost of living on August 6, 2011 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
    Current Situation in Israel
  • SIRTE, LIBYA - Journalist Jim Foley films Libyan NTC fighters attacking Colonel Gaddafi's home city of Sirte in October 2011.
    Is Libya a Democracy Now?
  • Iraq Signs Contracts With Foreign Oil Companies
    The Truth About Middle East Oil Reserves
  • Syrian Rebels Confront Government Tanks
    10 Factors That Led to the Syrian Uprising
  • Emirati men and women carry UAE flag in front of Burj Khalifa during UAE National Day, Dubai
    United Arab Emirates History and Independence
  • A T-72 Main Battle Tank Destroyed in Azaz, Syria
    Religion and the Syrian Civil War
  • Demonstration in Cairo, 2011
    10 Reasons for the Arab Spring
  • protestors in bahrain
    Current Situation in the Middle East
  • Hassan Rouhani
    Current Situation in Iran
  • Soldiers fighting during the Lebanese Civil War.
    Timeline of the Lebanese Civil War From 1975 to 1990
  • king hussein nasser
    Black September: The Jordanian-PLO Civil War of 1970
  • Protest against the return of Tunisian terrorists from hotbeds of tension
    How the Arab Spring Started
  • Tahrir square, packed with protestors during the Arab Spring
    8 Countries That Had Arab Spring Uprisings
  • srael Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli Prime Ministers Since Establishment of the State in 1948
  • Dubai - 2017
    Quick Facts on Burj Dubai/Burj Khalifa
  • U.S. President George W. Bush
    U.S. Policy in the Middle East: 1945 to 2008
  • People sitting in Iran Park above the Iran, Tehran city skyline
    The Difference Between Iranian and Persian
  • Arab Spring protest
    What Is the Arab Spring?
  • group coffee berries on coffee tree branch and cup of black coffee beans
    Arabica Coffee Enjoyed Today and for the Past Few Millennia
  • Snow Storms Continue In Israel
    What You Need to Know About the Wailing Wall or Western Wall
  • Mountain pass in Kashmir
    Text of 1949 UN Resolution Calling for Referendum on Kashmir
  • The Great Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq, in 1977
    What Are Ziggurats and How Were They Built?
  • Illustration of the return to Mecca
    The Quraysh Tribe of Mecca
  • Rawalpindi near Islamabad, Pakistan, Asia
    Defining the Arab World and the Middle East
  • A view of Chinar trees in a Mughal garden, as their leaves begin to change colour during autumn on November 13, 2011
    Kashmir History and Background
  • lebanon michel suleiman
    Leaders of the Middle East: A Photo Gallery
  • sinai space satellite
    The Sinai Peninsula From Ancient Times to Today
  • The Grand Mosque and other buildings in the dense old city of Tripoli, Lebanon
    What Is the Middle East?
  • Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen during a visit to Moscow's State Institute for Foreign Relations on January 25, 2005.
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: Profile
  • A French Ship and Barbary Pirates
    Understanding the Barbary Pirates
  • Lamenting muslims in mosque
    The Difference Between Alawites and Sunnis in Syria
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