Israeli airstrikes pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight and on Friday, smashing up city streets in an escalating conflict ​with Iran-backed Hezbollah that has sent many tens of thousands of Lebanese from their homes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lot has changed since the publication of this 1750 map of Palestine. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Image Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car ...

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and political interests. They carved up the Middle East map ...

Over 6,000 flights have been cancelled in seven Middle East countries that closed their airspace since the initial Feb. 28 U.S. and Israeli strike on Iran. Dubai International Airport, the world’s ​busiest international hub, made up over 3,000 of those cancellations.

While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With 'Dislocating the Orient', Daniel Foliard tells the story of how ...

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle ...

Nearly a week into the latest Middle East conflict, Iran’s strikes in the region have decreased significantly – while US attacks on Iran continue ramping up and Israeli strikes prompt panic in southern Beirut.

Iran launched missiles on Israel in retaliation for a joint US-Israeli operation that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February 2026, but clips circulating on social media do not show the aftermath of the attacks.